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Brown-hooded Gull 
Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae Genus: Chroicocephalus Species: C. maculipennis Binomial name Chroicocephalus maculipennis
(Lichtenstein, 1823)Synonyms Larus maculipennis
Flying in Argentina
The Brown-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis) is a species of gull in the Laridae family. As is the case with many gulls, it has traditionally been placed in the genus Larus.
It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the Falkland Islands, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are swamps, freshwater lakes, intertidal marshes, and pastureland.
The Black-headed Duck has an 'obligate brood parasite' relationship with the Brown-hooded Gull in which a female will lay an egg in the nest of a Brown-hooded Gull with the intent of having the host gull incubate the egg instead of herself.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Larus maculipennis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
- Pons J.M., Hassanin, A., and Crochet P.A.(2005). Phylogenetic relationships within the Laridae (Charadriiformes: Aves) inferred from mitochondrial markers. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 37(3):686-699
Gulls (family: Laridae) Genus Larus Pacific Gull • Belcher's Gull • Olrog's Gull • Black-tailed Gull • Heermann's Gull • Common Gull (or Mew Gull) • Ring-billed Gull • California Gull • Great Black-backed Gull • Kelp Gull (or Cape Gull) • Glaucous-winged Gull • Western Gull • Yellow-footed Gull • Glaucous Gull • Iceland Gull • Kumlien's Gull • Thayer's Gull • European Herring Gull • Heuglin's Gull • American Herring Gull • Yellow-legged Gull • Caspian Gull • Vega Gull (or East Siberian Gull / Mongolian Gull) • Armenian Gull • Slaty-backed Gull • Lesser Black-backed GullIchthyaetus Leucophaeus Chroicocephalus Silver Gull • Red-billed Gull • Huahine Gull • Hartlaub's Gull • Brown-hooded Gull • Grey-headed Gull (or Grey-hooded Gull) • Andean Gull • Black-billed Gull • Brown-headed Gull • Black-Headed Gull • Slender-billed Gull • Bonaparte's GullSaundersilarus Hydrocoloeus Rhodostethia Rissa Pagophila Xema Creagrus 
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