Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (55)
- Monotypic
Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld, 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 | Bruikkopmeeu |
| Arabic | نورس بني الرأس |
| Bangla (India) | বাদামিমাথা গাঙচিল |
| Bulgarian | Кафявоглава чайка |
| Catalan | gavina del Tibet |
| Chinese | 棕頭鷗 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 棕頭鷗 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 棕头鸥 |
| Croatian | planinski galeb |
| Czech | racek hnědohlavý |
| Danish | Brunhovedet Måge |
| Dutch | Bruinkopmeeuw |
| English | Brown-headed Gull |
| English (United States) | Brown-headed Gull |
| Estonian | mägikajakas |
| Finnish | tiibetinlokki |
| French | Mouette du Tibet |
| French (Canada) | Mouette du Tibet |
| German | Braunkopfmöwe |
| Greek | Ινδικός Καστανοκέφαλος Γλάρος |
| Gujarati | લડાખી ધોમડો |
| Hebrew | שחף חום-ראש |
| Hindi | भूरा सिर धोमरा |
| Hungarian | Barnafejű sirály |
| Icelandic | Mýramáfur |
| Indonesian | Camar kepala-cokelat |
| Japanese | チャガシラカモメ |
| Kannada | ಕಂದುತಲೆಯ ಕಡಲಕ್ಕಿ |
| Korean | 갈색머리갈매기 |
| Ladakhi | ཆུ་སྐྱར་མཆུ་དམར། |
| Latvian | Brūngalvas kaija |
| Lithuanian | Tibetinis kiras |
| Malayalam | തവിട്ടുതലയൻ കടൽക്കാക്ക |
| Marathi | तपकिरी डोक्याचा कुरव |
| Mongolian | Бор толгойт цахлай |
| Nepali (India) | खैरोटाउके गंगाचील |
| Nepali (Nepal) | खैरोटाउके गङ्गाचील |
| Norwegian | asiahettemåke |
| Odia | ଖଇରମୁଣ୍ଡି କେରୁଆଁ |
| Persian | کاکایی سرقهوه ای |
| Polish | mewa tybetańska |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Gaivota-do-índico |
| Punjabi (India) | ਭੂਰਾ-ਸਿਰ ਡਮਰਾ |
| Romanian | Pescăruș cu cap brun |
| Russian | Буроголовая чайка |
| Serbian | Azijski smeđoglavi galeb |
| Slovak | čajka hnedohlavá |
| Slovenian | Rjavoglavi galeb |
| Spanish | Gaviota Centroasiática |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gaviota centroasiática |
| Swedish | brunhuvad mås |
| Telugu | గోధుమ తల గౌరు కాకి |
| Thai | นกนางนวลธรรมดา |
| Turkish | Hint Martısı |
| Ukrainian | Мартин буроголовий |
Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus (Jerdon, 1840)
PROTONYM:
Larus brunnicephalus
Jerdon, 1840. Madras Journal of Literature and Science 12, p.225.
TYPE LOCALITY:
West coast of Indian peninsula.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CHROICOCEPHALUS
- brunnicephalus
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 Brown-headed Gull
