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 4 years ago 41 sec 4.6 -
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 4 years ago 38 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 4 years ago 32 sec 4.4 -
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 4 years ago 33 sec 4.4 -
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 4 years ago 41 sec 4.4 -
A bird in first summer plumage, stretching its wing Locality California, USA (United States) (ssp megalopterus)
Don DesJardin 31 March 2006 4 years ago 14 sec 4.3
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Good numbers of these birds on the beach!
Locality Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern)
Stan Mansfield 29 December 2011 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.4 -
group of adult gulls
Locality Bahia Honda State Park, Monroe County, Florida, USA (United States)
Patrick Ellsworth 21 March 2009 18 weeks ago 4.4 -
gull in winter plumage feeding on what I think is Kentucky Warbler
Locality Bahia Honda State Park, Monroe County, Florida, USA (United States)
Patrick Ellsworth 21 March 2009 18 weeks ago 4 -
Adult molting into winter plumage on the jetty
Locality South Padre Island, Cameron County, Texas, USA (United States)
Erik Breden 27 August 2008 1 year ago 4 -
Immature bird on the jetty
Locality South Padre Island, Cameron County, Texas, USA (United States)
Erik Breden 27 August 2008 1 year ago 4 -
Adult non-breeding
Locality Caimare Chico, Zulia State, Venezuela
kperezleon 7 September 2008 2 years ago 4
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Calls made when a group of adults and juveniles are bathing Locality Manta, Manabí Province, Ecuador
(ssp megalopterus)
Joe Angseesing 26 January 2009 2 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 2 years ago 2.5
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