Andean Gull
Chroicocephalus serranus(Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
English (US) Andean Gull
The Andean Gull (Chroicocephalus serranus) 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.
Range: breeds Andean lakes of far southwestern Colombia to south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina; some non-breeders move to adjacent Pacific coastRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Chroicocephalus serranus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Andean Gull
- Described by
- (Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Larus serranus
- Described by
- (Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
- Type locality
- Peru = Puna region of the Valley of Jauja, Junin.
- Original description
- Archiv für Naturgeschichte 10 p.314
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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