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| Brown Headed Gull Nalsarovar December 2010 |
In December 2010, I had visited Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary near Ahmedabad in Gujarat to see Flamingoes. In the lake saw several Brown-Headed Gulls.
Later in May 2011, I had visited Pangong Lake in Ladakh, where I saw several Brown Headed Gulls in their breeding plumes. One has to cross Changla Pass at 17586 feet to reach the Pangong Lake.
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| Brown Headed Gull Nalsarovar December 2010 |
The breeding adults have a pale chocolate brown partial hood in summer which is reduced to brown ear patch when not breeding.
It breeds in Ladakh in summer. It is a common winter visitor to coasts and inland lakes.
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| Brown Headed Gull Pangong Ladakh May 2011 |
The Brown Headed Gulls occupy 39th position in my listing of birds that I have seen and photographed so far.
Reference:
1) Birds of the Indian Subcontinent by Richard Grimmett, Carol Inskipp and Tim Inskipp
2) Birds of South Asia, The Ripley guide by Pamela C. Rasmussen and John C Anderton
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| Brown Headed Gull Pangong Ladakh May 2011 |
3) The Book of Indian Birds by Salim Ali
4) A Pictorial Field Guide to Birds of India by Bikram Grewal, Sumit Sen, Sarwandeep Singh, Nikhil Devasar and Garima Bhatia
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| Brown Headed Gull Pangong Ladakh May 2011 |
5) The Wikipedia
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