The brown-headed gull is a small gull that breeds on the high plateaus of central Asia from Tajikistan to Ordos in Inner Mongolia, and is migratory, wintering on the coasts and large inland lakes of the Indian subcontinent. It shows a pale brown head, lighter than that of a black-headed gull, a pale grey body, a red bill and legs, and white mirrors on its black wingtips; it loses its brown hood in winter. Its conservation status is Least Concern. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Classification
DietDetritivore or Scavenger 1 System (Realm) System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific NameChroicocephalus brunnicephalus 3 Conservation Status Comparison
CITES Appendix Connections
Child Taxon Of
Laridae, Taxa Source Brown-headed gull (Wikidata)
In Biome
Lake, Biomes Source Brown-headed gull (Wikidata)
In the Other Atlases
Found In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Brown-headed gull
diet-classification (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)Quote, diet-classification (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
This is a bold and opportunist feeder, which will scavenge in towns or take invertebrates in ploughed fields with equal relish.
2. GBIF Species API
3. Brown-headed gull (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q26064 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Laridae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
- In Biome: Lake, Introduction
View the Source 4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Aves
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 32Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 32
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5. Brown-headed gull (Wikipedia)
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Laridae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 480Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 480
"cites_listing":"I/NC","eu_listing":"A/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Aves","order":"Charadriiformes","family":"Laridae"},"synonyms":[{"id":35007,"full_name":"Gelochelidon nilotica","author_year":"(Gmelin, 1789)","rank":"SPECIES"},{"id":33900,"full_name":"Hydroprogne tschegrava","author_year":"(Lepechin, 1770)","rank":"SPECIES"}],"common_names":[{"name":"Mouette Relique","language":"FR"},{"name":"Gull","language":"EN"},{"name":"Gaviotas, Charranges","language":"ES"},{"name":"鸥科","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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