Bird watching in North America - Laughing Gull, Leucophaeus atricilla

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The laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) is a medium-sized gull of North and South America. Named for its laugh-like call, it is an opportunistic omnivore and scavenger. It breeds in large colonies mostly along the Atlantic coast of North America, the Caribbean, and northern South America.

The two subspecies are: L. a. megalopterus – which can be seen from southeast Canada down to Central America, and L. a. atricilla which appears from the West Indies to the Venezuelan islands. The laughing gull was long placed in the genus Larus until its present placement in Leucophaeus, which follows the American Ornithologists' Union.

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Listen to the Laughing Gull

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Remarks from the Recordist

Recorded with my ZOOM H5 Handy Recorder and High Pass Filter applied with Audacity.

Recorded when I walked up to take pictures of the Pomarine Skua on the beach. Single Laughing Gull give the sounds, but many terns and gulls just two meters from me. Not scared when I walked out to the birds.

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

IUCN Red List

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