Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls (Laridae)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
Overview
The laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) is a medium-sized gull of North and South America. Named from 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. Two subspecies are accepted, L. a.
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Range and habitat
Continents
Countries
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Brazil
- Canada
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Denmark
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Fiji
- French Guiana
- Germany
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Ireland
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Kiribati
- Mexico
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Norfolk Island
- Panama
- Peru
- Poland
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Spain
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Trinidad and Tobago
- United States
- Venezuela
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Laughing gull
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.