Brown-headed Gull

Order - Charadriiformes
Family - Laridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)

Brown-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus

棕头鸥 (zōng-tóu ōu)

    Malay : Camar-Topeng Asia

    Japanese : チャガシラカモメ (cha-gashira kamome)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 茶頭鴎

    Size : 41-45 cm, 450-714 g; Wingspan : 105-115 cm

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Monotypic. (Jerdon, 1840, West coast of Indian Peninsula)
  – Mts. of s-central Asia; winters to Arabia, India and SE Asia.

Date : 09 December 2021

Location : Kota Kuala Muda Mudflat, Daerah Kuala Muda, Kedah