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title: "Brown-hooded Gull"
description: "Chroicocephalus maculipennis — Birds. The brown-hooded gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis) is a species of gull, found in South America in Argentina, southeastern Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, and in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Falkland Islands."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/brown-hooded-gull
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brown-hooded Gull

> Chroicocephalus maculipennis — Birds. The brown-hooded gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis) is a species of gull, found in South America in Argentina, southeastern Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, and in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Falkland Islands.

- Scientific name: *Chroicocephalus maculipennis*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 7817
- Wikidata: [Q1268078](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1268078)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144504](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144504)

## Names

- en: Brown-hooded Gull
- de: Patagonienmöwe
- es: Gaviota capucho café
- fr: Mouette de Patagonie
- nl: Patagonische kokmeeuw
- pt: Gaivota-maria-velha
- pl: Mewa patagońska

## Countries with the most observations

AR (4249), CL (2308), UY (410), BR (204), FK (53)

## Summary

The brown-hooded gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis) is a species of gull, found in South America in Argentina, southeastern Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, and in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Falkland Islands. Its specific epithet, maculipennis, means 'spotted wings' (macula + penna). Like the other species of the genus Chroicocephalus, it was formerly included in a broad view of the genus Larus.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown-hooded_gull

## Photo

![Brown-hooded Gull](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-hooded-gull/medium.jpg)

Photo: Gustavo Puente · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/241564030

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brown-hooded-gull?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).