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

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 851,000km²
    Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding) : 10,500,000km²
    Migratory Status : Full Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No

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

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Monotypic. (Jerdon, 1840, West coast of Indian Peninsula)
  – Mountains of SC Asia, between 3000 m and at least 4500 m: Turkestan and W China (W Xinjiang), and S to Pamirs (L Kara-Kul), Ladakh and Tibet. Winters on coasts of India, N Sri Lanka and SE Asia, sparingly W to Arabian Peninsula.

Distribution Map

Date : 09 December 2021

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