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Brown-hooded Gull

Chroicocephalus maculipennis
(Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
Gaviota Capucho Café
Gaivota-maria-velha
Family: Laridae
Order: Charadriiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation Status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern
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Synonyms: Chroicocephalus maculipennis, Larus maculipennis.


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Latest feeding records
Feeding
GroupSpeciesDateUser
CrustaceanCangrejo de las Rocas (Cyrtograpsus angulatus)15/09/2018Mauricio Silvera
MolluscsBerberecho Austral (Donax hanleyanus)04/12/2015Pablo Marcelo Meyer
FishDientudo (Oligosarcus jenynsii)09/07/2015Eduardo Carreyra
FishSábalo Común (Prochilodus lineatus)02/06/2015Javier Presas
Is consumed, preyed upon or captured by
GroupSpeciesDateUser
BirdsGarza Mora (Ardea cocoi)01/01/2022Diego Oscar



Number of Photography: 2119

Foto
Photography ID: 675825
  Juvenile
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/17/2026
Victor Hugo Michelini
Foto
Photography ID: 674686
  Adult
Punta Indio
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/15/2026
Gaston Lisandro Gabinetti
Foto
Photography ID: 674379
  Juvenile
Punta Indio
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/15/2026
Peter Vidana
Foto
Photography ID: 673883
  Adult
Casbas
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/15/2026
Lucas Martín
Foto
Photography ID: 673655
  Adult
Casbas
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/15/2026
Lucas Martín



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Number of Recorded Vocalizations: 9



Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Guillermo Menéndez07/27/2024UruguayRochaBañado de Los IndiosN/AAdultYesNo
Pablo Bruni02/06/2022ArgentinaChubutÁrea Natural Protegida Península ValdésN/AN/AYesNo
Diego Oscar01/01/2022ArgentinaBuenos AiresClub de Pesca y Turismo de Saavedra, SaavedraIndistinguishableAdultYesNo
Silvia Sokolovsky07/17/2021ArgentinaBuenos AiresLaguna 33, Roque Perez♂ ♀AdultNoNo
Diego Oscar11/22/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresParque Costero del SurIndistinguishableAdultYesNo
Santiago Sainz-trápaga06/11/2014ArgentinaChubutPuerto MadrynIndistinguishableAdultYesNo
Diego Oscar06/21/2014ArgentinaBuenos AiresParque Costero del SurIndistinguishableAdultYesNo
Santiago Sainz-trápaga10/30/2013ArgentinaChubutLaguna San Martin, Puerto MadrynN/AAdultYesNo
Jose Luis Merlo05/04/2007ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibasIndistinguishableN/ANoNo


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Number of Films: 11





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Number of Records: 9325



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
244290006/03/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresSan Miguel del Monte60Diego Oscar
244132703/03/2026ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)2Nicolas Olejnik
244333701/03/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresEscollera Sur, Mar del Plata60Victor Hugo Michelini
244329501/03/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Natural Puerto Mar del Plata15Victor Hugo Michelini
244106401/03/202617:14ArgentinaBuenos AiresAvenida Juan de Garay 850, Quequén30Santiago Juan Torres
244092401/03/2026ArgentinaCórdobaLaguna Blaizot, Pozo del Molle25Hugo Caverzasi
244105827/02/202616:54ArgentinaBuenos AiresCamino Interno Vivero10Santiago Juan Torres
243983527/02/2026ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)3Diego Oscar
243981727/02/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresMarahué, Partido de VillarinoRosemary Scoffield
244036817/02/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresMar Chiquita, Mar Chiquita2Victor Hugo Michelini
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Brown-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 09/03/2026.










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