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Common Name

Laughing Gull

Alternate Names

Common Type

Gull

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Laridae

Genus

Leucophaeus

Species

atricilla

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Captive Photographed

Number of Sub-Species

Two Sub Species

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Breed in coastal marshes

Distribution and Range

Breeds in Pacific coast of US, Canada and Caribbean, winters in Mexico, Central America and northern coastal South America

Food

Opportunistic omnivores whose diet includes fish, insects, crustaceans, worms, seeds, berries and scraps.

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Bird

Laughing Gull

Gull

Charadriiformes

Laridae

Leucophaeus

atricilla

Least Concern

Captive Photographed

Two Sub Species

Migratory

Breed in coastal marshes

Breeds in Pacific coast of US, Canada and Caribbean, winters in Mexico, Central America and northern coastal South America

Opportunistic omnivores whose diet includes fish, insects, crustaceans, worms, seeds, berries and scraps.

Captive Photographed

Large nest is made largely from grasses on the ground in large colonies. Named for it laugh like call.