Gulls (Laridae)
Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla) - HBW 3, p. 618
French: Mouette atricille
German: Aztekenmöwe
Spanish: Gaviota Guanaguanare
Taxonomy: Larus Atricilla Linnaeus, 1758, Bahamas.
Considered an excellent “structural ancestor” of all other hooded gulls. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- megalopterus Bruch, 1855 - SE California to W Mexico (Jalisco), and Nova Scotia to Florida and Texas, locally through E Central America; winters S to S Peru.
- atricilla Linnaeus, 1758 - West Indies to Trinidad and islands off Venezuela; winters S to N Brazil.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A group of birds interacting and feeding on Horseshoe crab eggs Locality Port Mahon, Kent County, Delaware, USA (United States) (ssp megalopterus)
Josep del Hoyo 5 May 2006 6 years ago 41 sec 4.8 -
Some birds on a fence calling and then flying away Locality Port Mahon, Kent County, Delaware, USA (United States) (ssp megalopterus)
Josep del Hoyo 5 May 2006 6 years ago 38 sec 4.8 -
A group eating Horseshoe crab eggs with some Ring-billed Gulls Locality Port Mahon, Kent County, Delaware, USA (United States) (ssp megalopterus)
Josep del Hoyo 5 May 2006 6 years ago 33 sec 4.6 -
Birds feeding on Horseshoe crab eggs on the beach Locality Port Mahon, Kent County, Delaware, USA (United States) (ssp megalopterus)
Josep del Hoyo 5 May 2006 6 years ago 41 sec 4.6 -
A close-up of a first winter bird Locality Porthcawl, Wales, Great Britain (ssp Vagrant)
David Fisher 27 December 2005 7 years ago 25 sec 4.5 -
Two standing birds in winter plumage, one of them preening Locality Rio Lagartos, Yucatán State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp megalopterus)
Josep del Hoyo 29 September 2006 5 years ago 32 sec 4.4
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Adult
Locality Bunche Beach Preserve (San Carlos Bay), Lee County, Florida, USA (United States)
Paul Cools 15 February 2009 28 weeks ago 4.5 -
group of adult gulls
Locality Bahia Honda State Park, Monroe County, Florida, USA (United States)
Patrick Ellsworth 21 March 2009 1 year ago 4.3 -
A portrait of a bird in winter plumage.
Locality Florida, USA (United States)
sophiebuck 11 December 2012 16 weeks ago 4.3 -
single Laughing Gull with a group of Black-headed Gulls in winter plumage
Locality Balanga, Bataan Province, Luzon, Philippines (Monotypic species)
Irene Dy 4 February 2013 12 weeks ago 4.2 -
Adult in summer plumage on ground
Locality Little Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp atricilla)
MichaelP 6 May 2006 23 weeks ago 4.2 -
Adult in non-breeding plumage.
Locality Waterloo, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
nigel lallsingh 1 February 2012 1 year ago 4.1
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An Laughing Gull singing between others on the beach. Locality Morningstar Bay, Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands
Antonio Silveira 17 June 2012 48 weeks ago 4 -
Calls made when a group of adults and juveniles are bathing Locality Manta, Manabí Province, Ecuador
(ssp megalopterus)
Joe Angseesing 26 January 2009 3 years ago 3 -
An adult makes a call as it takes off from a beach Locality Manta, Manabí Province, Ecuador
(ssp megalopterus)
Joe Angseesing 26 January 2009 3 years ago 2.5
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