Brown-headed Gull

Brown-headed Gull
Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus, Heimahe (36.722895, 99.783520), Qinghai, China, elev. 3210 m (10,530 ft.), July. The Central Asian counterpart to Black-headed Gull C. ridibundus, Brown-headed Gull ranges from Tajikistan to Inner Mongolia. Vagrant to China coast and Taiwan. Breeding has chocolate hood, lighter on forehead. (Craig Brelsford)
Brown-headed Gull
Brown-headed Gull, Heimahe (36.722895, 99.783520), Qinghai, elev. 3210 m (10,530 ft.), July. Brown-headed Gull is larger than Black-headed Gull. Has lighter iris than Black-headed Gull and more prominent black wingtips, with 2–3 mirrors on outer primaries. (Craig Brelsford)

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Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
Brown-headed Gull C. brunnicephalus
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