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Brown-headed Gull

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Brown-headed Gull

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Also known as Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus, Larus brunnicephalus

species of bird

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The Brown-headed Gull (*Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus*) is a species of bird classified within the genus *Chroicocephalus*. It belongs to the class Aves and is also referred to by the common names Буроголовая чайка, นกนางนวลธรรมดา, and Camar kepala-coklat. The species has a litter size of 3 and a mass of 33.

According to the IUCN Red List, the Brown-headed Gull was assessed as Least Concern in 2018. The species has recorded 3324 observations on iNaturalist.

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Species

Least Concern

Brown-headed Gull

species

Observations3,324

via IUCN

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Encyclopedic overview

The brown-headed gull (Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus) is a small gull which breeds in the high plateaus of central Asia from Tajikistan to Ordos in Inner Mongolia. It is migratory, wintering on the coasts and large inland lakes of the Indian subcontinent. As is the case with many gulls, was traditionally placed in the genus Larus.

This gull breeds in colonies in large reedbeds or marshes, or on islands in lakes, nesting on the ground. Like most gulls, it is highly gregarious in winter, both when feeding or in evening roosts. It is not a pelagic species, and is rarely seen at sea far from coasts.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brown-headed Gull” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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