Laughing gull / Aztekenmöwe (Leucophaeus atricilla)

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Laughing gull. 2023-04-20 12:44:54 Yucatan

Observations

First documented observation: 2023-03-26 in Yucatan. Most recent observation: 2023-04-20 in Yucatan.

Description

Classification: Genus Leucophaeus (Leucophaeus); Family Gulls (Laridae)
General: 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. [more]

Media


A group near Las Coloradas - possibly a red knot, laughing gulls and sanderlings, brown pelicans and probably a double-crested cormorant. 2023-04-15 10:10:00 Yucatan

Our gang - laughing gull, double-crested cormorants, brown pelicans - at Las Coloradas, Rio Lagartos. 2023-04-15 09:11:04 Yucatan

Immature laughing gull in Campeche, maybe after second winter. 2023-04-06 16:57:36 Yucatan

Someone enjoys feeding laughing gulls at Puerto Morelos. 2023-03-26 17:05:02 Yucatan

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Vacation in the Yucatan peninsula.