Gray-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (47)
- Subspecies (2)
Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld, Guy M. Kirwan, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 7, 2015
Text last updated September 7, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Gryskopmeeu |
| Arabic | نورس رمادي الرأس |
| Bulgarian | Сивоглава чайка |
| Catalan | gavina capgrisa |
| Croatian | sivoglavi galeb |
| Czech | racek šedohlavý |
| Danish | Gråhovedet Måge |
| Dutch | Grijskopmeeuw |
| English | Gray-hooded Gull |
| English (Kenya) | Grey-headed Gull |
| English (South Africa) | Grey-headed Gull |
| English (United States) | Gray-hooded Gull |
| Finnish | harmaapäälokki |
| French | Mouette à tête grise |
| French (France) | Mouette à tête grise |
| German | Graukopfmöwe |
| Greek | Σταχτοκέφαλος Γλάρος |
| Hebrew | שחף אפור-ראש |
| Hungarian | Szürkefejű sirály |
| Icelandic | Hærumáfur |
| Italian | Gabbiano testagrigia |
| Japanese | ズアオカモメ |
| Lithuanian | Pilkagalvis kiras |
| Norwegian | gråhodemåke |
| Polish | mewa szarogłowa |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Gaivota-de-cabeça-cinzenta |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | gaivota-de-cabeça-cinza |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Gaivota-de-cabeça-cinzenta |
| Romanian | Pescăruș cu cap sur |
| Russian | Сероголовая чайка |
| Serbian | Sivoglavi galeb |
| Slovak | čajka sivohlavá |
| Slovenian | Sivoglavi galeb |
| Spanish | Gaviota Cabecigrís |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Gaviota Capucho Gris |
| Spanish (Chile) | Gaviota de capucho gris |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Gaviota Cabecigris |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Gaviota Cabecigrís |
| Spanish (Panama) | Gaviota Cabecigrís |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Gaviota capucho gris |
| Spanish (Peru) | Gaviota de Capucha Gris |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gaviota cabecigrís |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Gaviota Capucho Gris |
| Swedish | gråhuvad mås |
| Turkish | Gri Başlı Martı |
| Ukrainian | Мартин сіроголовий |
| Zulu | indewula |
Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus (Vieillot, 1818)
PROTONYM:
Larus cirrocephalus
Vieillot, 1818. 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.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Brazil.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CHROICOCEPHALUS
- cirrocephalus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Gray-hooded Gull
