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Brown-hooded Gull
Chroicocephalus maculipennis
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
Gray-hooded GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Argentina | 2,410 |
|---|---|
| Chile | 1,137 |
| Buenos Aires | 1,097 |
| La Pampa | 567 |
| Región de Los Lagos | 405 |
| Región de ValparaÃso | 232 |
| Uruguay | 202 |
| Chubut | 178 |
| Santa Fe | 114 |
| Región de La AraucanÃa | 100 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Shorebirds and Allies · Charadriiformes |
| Family | Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae |
| Genus | Masked Gulls and allies · Chroicocephalus |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Brown-hooded Gull with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.