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Black-headed Gull
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Shorebirds, gulls & terns

Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Linnaeus, 1766)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishBlack-headed Gull
DutchKokmeeuw
SpanishGaviota encapuchada
Chinese红嘴鸥
Scientific nameChroicocephalus ridibundus (Linnaeus, 1766)

About this species

The black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) is a small gull that breeds in much of the Palearctic in Europe and Asia, and also locally in smaller numbers in coastal eastern Canada. Most of the population is migratory and winters further south, but many also remain in the milder areas of northwestern Europe. It was formerly sometimes cited as "common black-headed gull" to distinguish it from "great black-headed gull" (an old name for Pallas's gull).

The genus name Chroicocephalus is from the Ancient Greek words khroizo, "to colour", and kephale, "head". The specific name ridibundus is Latin for "laughing".

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderCharadriiformes
FamilyLaridae
GenusChroicocephalus

In Suriname

8Records in Suriname
2008First record
2023Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Nickerie6
  • Paramaribo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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