Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Arabic | نورس بني الرأس |
| Bulgarian | Кафявоглава чайка |
| Catalan | gavina del Tibet |
| Chinese | 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 |
| Finnish | tiibetinlokki |
| French | Mouette du Tibet |
| French (France) | Mouette du Tibet |
| German | Braunkopfmöwe |
| Greek | Ινδικός Καστανοκέφαλος Γλάρος |
| Hebrew | שחף חום-ראש |
| Hungarian | Barnafejű sirály |
| Icelandic | Mýramáfur |
| Indonesian | Camar kepala-cokelat |
| Japanese | チャガシラカモメ |
| Lithuanian | Tibetinis kiras |
| Malayalam | തവിട്ടുതലയൻ കടൽക്കാക്ക |
| Marathi | तपकिरी डोक्याचा कुरव |
| Mongolian | Бор толгойт цахлай |
| Norwegian | asiahettemåke |
| Odia | ଖଇରମୁଣ୍ଡି କେରୁଆଁ |
| Persian | کاکایی سرقهوه ای |
| Polish | mewa tybetańska |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Gaivota-do-índico |
| 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 |
| 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, 2023
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)
Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus Scientific name definitions
Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 7, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 7, 2015
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
Authors
Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld, and Ernest Garcia
Recommended Citation
Burger, J., M. Gochfeld, and E. F. J. Garcia (2020). Brown-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.bnhgul1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- September 7, 2015
- Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus
Authors
Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld, and Ernest Garcia
Revisors
Ernest Garcia
Recommended Citation
Burger, J., M. Gochfeld, and E. F. J. Garcia (2015). Brown-headed Gull (Larus brunnicephalus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
