Brown-Hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis), at the Laguna Nimez Reserve in Calafate, Argentina. These are either juveniles or non-breeding adults.
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Everyone’s least favorite species to identify. By all means, please correct me if any of these are mis-identified.
Kelp Gull, in Patagonia
The Kelp Gull is the dominant large gull species in much of the southern hemisphere. I mostly remember it for how it stood up to fiece winds as our boat crossed Lago Nahuel Huapi.
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If you’ve ever strolled along an Atlantic coast beach, chances are you’ve encountered this gull, the most common black-hooded gull on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America.
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