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File:Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla), Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France 2025 2.jpg

Laughing Gull

Laughing Gull

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2 months ago door Alex
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A medium-sized black-headed gull named for its distinctive, rather raucous "ha-ha-ha" call. It's a common sight along coastal areas of the Americas.
Where to spot
Widely distributed along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas, breeding from southeastern Canada down to northern South America. Found on beaches, estuaries, marshes, and sometimes inland.
How to spot
Identify by its solid black head (in breeding plumage), dark gray back, and black wingtips without white mirrors. Listen for its characteristic laughing call. In non-breeding plumage, it has a smudgy dark gray hindneck and ear patch.
When to spot
Can be observed year-round in much of its tropical and subtropical range. Migratory populations are best seen during spring and fall.
lachmeeuw aan de waterkant
File:Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla), Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France 2025 2.jpg
File:Laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) 2025.jpg
File:Laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) non-breeding adult in flight Rio Dulce.jpg
File:Leucophaeus atricilla-calling.jpg
File:Leucophaeus atricilla standing on Venice Beach.jpg
File:Leucophaeus atricilla stare.jpg
lachmeeuw aan de waterkant
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File:Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla), Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France 2025 2.jpg
Credits: Wikimedia Commons
File:Laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) 2025.jpg
Credits: Wikimedia Commons
File:Laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) non-breeding adult in flight Rio Dulce.jpg
Credits: Wikimedia Commons
File:Leucophaeus atricilla-calling.jpg
Credits: Wikimedia Commons
File:Leucophaeus atricilla standing on Venice Beach.jpg
Credits: Wikimedia Commons
File:Leucophaeus atricilla stare.jpg
Credits: Wikimedia Commons
The Laughing Gull's "laughing" call is one of the most recognizable sounds along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the Americas, giving the bird its common name.
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Alex
Alex
2 months ago
Laughing Gull
Spotted Laughing Gull
Spotted Laughing Gull
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Lifer
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esther oorschot
4 months ago
Laughing Gull
Netherlands
Spotted Laughing Gull
Spotted Laughing Gull
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Lucio Croes
Lucio Croes
11 months ago
Laughing Gull
Bubali,
Spotted Laughing Gull
Spotted Laughing Gull
+130
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