Grey-hooded Gull
Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyLaridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)
- GenusChroicocephalus (Masked Gulls and allies)
- SpeciesChroicocephalus cirrocephalus (Grey-hooded Gull)
Closest Relatives at Mana Pools National Park
African Skimmer
Rynchops flavirostris
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterus
White-headed Lapwing
Vanellus albiceps
Water Thick-knee
Burhinus vermiculatus
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus
Blacksmith Lapwing
Vanellus armatus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Crowned Lapwing
Vanellus coronatus
Three-banded Courser
Rhinoptilus cinctus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Grey-hooded Gull in Mana Pools National Park?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Grey-hooded Gull sighting in Mana Pools National Park, based on 10 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Grey-hooded Gull in Mana Pools National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Grey-hooded Gull in Mana Pools National Park in our monthly data.