Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)

Laughing Gull

Leucophaeus atricilla

(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
Gaviota Reidora Americana
Gaivota-alegre

Family: Laridae
Order: Charadriiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Leucophaeus atricilla, Larus atricilla.

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Last published photographs

Photography ID: 636520
Adult
Sarasota
Florida
United States
05/08/2025
Susana Gomez

Photography ID: 553830
Adult
Long Beach
New York
United States
09/10/2023
Gerardo Alberto García

Photography ID: 513414
Adult
New York City
New York
United States
10/02/2022
Susana Gomez

Photography ID: 337521
Adult
Key West
Florida
United States
05/05/2019
Eduardo Nadal

Photography ID: 252367
Adult
North Miami Beach
Florida
United States
12/08/2014
Eduardo Di Fiore

Photography ID: 238497
Adult
New York
New York
United States
09/15/2014
Wagner Florentino

Photography ID: 194564
Immature
San Petersburg
Florida
United States
12/25/2008
Pablo Meoniz

Photography ID: 175902
Adult
Miami
Florida
United States
10/19/2016
Eduardo Soriano

Photography ID: 148420
Adult
North Miami Beach
Florida
United States
04/07/2012
Esteban Argerich

Photography ID: 118415
Adult
North Miami Beach
Florida
United States
10/06/2015
Federico Galfione

Photography ID: 118383
Adult
Islamorada
Florida
United States
08/20/2015
Carlos Schmidt

Photography ID: 116804
Adult
Houston
Texas
United States
04/18/2010
Diego Alfonso Rosa

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2293529

08/05/2025

United States

Florida

Sarasota

Susana Gomez

1903338

10/09/2023

United States

New York

Long Beach

Gerardo Alberto García

1670061

02/10/2022

United States

New York

New York City

Susana Gomez

1252207

07/06/2019

United States

Florida

Newport Pier, Miami-Dade

Gabriel Carbajales

933726

05/05/2019

United States

Florida

Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Key West

Eduardo Nadal

788975

05/08/2018

United States

Louisiana

New Orleans

Ulises Balza

784357

25/07/2018

United States

Louisiana

Port Sulphur marshes

Ulises Balza

544954

31/01/2017

United States

Florida

Merritt Island

Esteban Argerich

504067

19/10/2016

United States

Florida

Miami

Eduardo Soriano

492577

19/10/2016

United States

Florida

Miami Beach

Sebastián Rozadilla

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