Laughing gull / Aztekenmöwe (Leucophaeus atricilla)

Laughing gull. 2023-04-20 12:44:54 Yucatan NIKON D5600 ISO 360
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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)
This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: Europe, North America, South America.
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]

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