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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

Synonyms: Chroicocephalus maculipennis, Larus maculipennis.


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Latest feeding records
Feeding
GroupSpeciesDateUser
MolluscsBerberecho Austral (Donax hanleyanus)04/12/2015Pablo Marcelo Meyer



Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 672372
  Juvenile
Laguna Garzón y alrededores
Maldonado
Uruguay
01/10/2026
Pablo Marcelo Meyer
Foto
Photography ID: 593122
  Adult
Quequén
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/23/2024
Pablo Marcelo Meyer
Foto
Photography ID: 566789
  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
01/20/2024
Pablo Marcelo Meyer
Foto
Photography ID: 307603
  Adult
Chiloé
Región de Los Lagos
Chile
02/03/2018
Pablo Marcelo Meyer
Foto
Photography ID: 307599
  Adult
Chiloé
Región de Los Lagos
Chile
02/03/2018
Pablo Marcelo Meyer
Foto
Photography ID: 307346
  Adult
Chiloé
Región de Los Lagos
Chile
01/31/2018
Pablo Marcelo Meyer
Foto
Photography ID: 307341
  Adult
Chiloé
Región de Los Lagos
Chile
01/29/2018
Pablo Marcelo Meyer
Foto
Photography ID: 165321
  Juvenile
Puerto Madryn
Chubut
Argentina
04/04/2012
Pablo Marcelo Meyer
Foto
Photography ID: 127770
  Adult
Mar Azul
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/04/2015
Pablo Marcelo Meyer
Foto
Photography ID: 127728
  Adult
Mar Azul
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/04/2015
Pablo Marcelo Meyer



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
243088810/01/2026UruguayMaldonadoLaguna Garzón y alrededoresPablo Marcelo Meyer
212185023/07/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresCamino entre Quequén y Costa Bonita, QuequénPablo Marcelo Meyer
195521220/01/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoReserva Natural Urbana Bahía Encerrada, UshuaiaPablo Marcelo Meyer
86106103/02/2018ChileRegión de Los LagosPunta Queilen, ChiloéPablo Marcelo Meyer
86080631/01/2018ChileRegión de Los LagosMonumento Natural Islotes de Punihuil, ChiloéPablo Marcelo Meyer
86080329/01/2018ChileRegión de Los LagosMonumento Natural Islotes de Punihuil, ChiloéPablo Marcelo Meyer
46238917/06/2016ArgentinaEntre RíosBoca río Gualeguaychú, Departamento GualeguaychúPablo Marcelo Meyer
37017404/12/2015ArgentinaBuenos AiresMar AzulPablo Marcelo Meyer
37552621/10/2015ArgentinaBuenos AiresRuta Provincial 76 entre Villa Ventana y el cruze de la Ruta 51Pablo Marcelo Meyer
69656706/08/2015ChileRegión de Los LagosCostanera, Puerto MonttPablo Marcelo Meyer
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Brown-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/04/2026.