Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Brown-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus

Description:

A small gull which breeds in the high plateaus of central Asia from Turkmenistan to Mongolia. It is migratory, wintering on the coasts and large inland lakes of tropical southern Asia.

Habitat:

This gull breeds in colonies in large reedbeds or marshes, or on islands in lakes, nesting on the ground. Like most gulls, it is highly gregarious in winter, both when feeding or in evening roosts. It is not a pelagic species, and is rarely seen at sea far from coasts. This is a bold and opportunist feeder, which will scavenge in towns or take invertebrates in ploughed fields with equal relish.

Notes:

It was fascinating to find so many of them. Quite noisy and bold, they flew around and sat in groups or pairs. Also found them carrying little pebbles.

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

No Comments

surekha
Spotted by
surekha

جموں و کشمیر, India

Spotted on Jun 26, 2011
Submitted on Oct 3, 2011

Related Spottings

Silver gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 紅嘴鷗 Black-headed Gull Gaivota de Cabeça Negra

Nearby Spottings

Firewheel flowers Bactrian camel Spotting Wild horse

Reference

Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team