Brown-hooded Gull

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Brown-hooded Gull
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Larus
Species: L. maculipennis
Binomial name
Larus maculipennis
Lichtenstein, 1823

The Brown-hooded Gull (Larus maculipennis) is a species of gull in the Laridae family. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Falkland Islands, Paraguay, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are swamps, freshwater lakes, intertidal marshes, and pastureland.

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