Brown-hooded Gull
Chroicocephalus maculipennis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyLaridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)
- GenusChroicocephalus (Masked Gulls and allies)
- SpeciesChroicocephalus maculipennis (Brown-hooded Gull)
Closest Relatives at Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park
Dominican Gull
Larus dominicanus
Larus pipixcan
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Southern Lapwing
Vanellus chilensis
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Gray-breasted Seedsnipe
Thinocorus orbignyianus
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii
Magellanic Snipe
Gallinago magellanica
📅 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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Península Valdés | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Torres del Paine National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 3 | Nahuel Huapi National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 5 | Tierra del Fuego National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Brown-hooded Gull in Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park?
About 8% of visitor-days record a Brown-hooded Gull sighting in Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park, based on 42 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Brown-hooded Gull in Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Brown-hooded Gull in Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park in our monthly data.