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Scientific Name: Larus brunnicephalus Jerdon, 1840
English Name: Brown headed gull
Local/Bangla Name: Khoiramatha Gangchil (খয়রামাথা গাঙচিল), Gonga Koitar (গঙ্গা কৈতর)
Photo: Birds of the World
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Description:
This gull has a slightly frightening aspect because to its pale button eyes. The head of a breeding adult is lighter near the bill and has the color of milk chocolate. First-winter birds and non-breeding birds have dark ear patches with faint hood traces. Though the smaller Black-headed Gull’s plumage may be fooled with any other, all plumages have more extensive black on the primaries and pale eyes.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
It occurs in all wetlands from the Bay of Bengal coast to the Kaptai Lake, all major rivers and haor belts
Environment:
Marine, Terrestrial
Main References:
WCS (2018) Proposal for a new marine protected area around Nijhum Dwip (version 2): A major step towards achieving 10% marine protection in Bangladesh Wildlife Conservation Society Bangladesh Program
Other References:
IUCN Bangladesh. 2015. Red List of Bangladesh Volume 3: Birds. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. xvi+676.
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