Grey-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
English (US) Gray-headed Gull
UK name: Grey-headed Gull
The Grey-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Laridae (Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls) in the order Charadriiformes.
- Scientific name
- Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-headed Gull
- English (UK)
- Grey-headed Gull
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus cirrocephalus
- Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus poiocephalus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Larus cirrocephalus
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
- Type locality
- Brazil.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 21 p.502
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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