The black-headed gull (also: hooded gull) (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) is a very common gull species. The species used to be classified in the genus Larus, but research on mitochondrial DNA has shown this to be incorrect. Black-headed gulls are very similar to the lesser black-backed gull (only a rare breeding bird in the Netherlands), the black-headed gull (an even rarer breeding bird), the fork-tailed gull (an irregular guest) and the giant black-headed gull (a bird that has only been spotted once in the Netherlands). They are also very similar to the thin-billed gull, which also has a light forewing. The black-headed gull has a life expectancy of 10-15 years, but can also live to be more than 30 years old. In Europe, and especially inland, they are the most common gull species and thus the most familiar. Black-headed gulls are breeding birds on nutrient-rich inland waters from Iceland to Kamchatka. The bird spreads in winter to the Mediterranean, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, coasts of India, China and Japan. They breed both near the sea and on freshwater islets.
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