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Laughing Gull

Leucophaeus atricilla · Family Laridae

Leucophaeus atricilla

Family Laridae

Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Laridae
GBIF occurrence records
3,225,629
Countries and territories with records
102
Laughing Gull
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About this species

This species has 3,225,629 occurrence records from 102 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (90.8%) and Mexico (2.8%); together they account for 93.6% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.26% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Leucophaeus atricilla combines the genus name Leucophaeus with the species epithet atricilla. The Warbla app catalog lists 5 species of the genus Leucophaeus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Leucophaeus pipixcan, Leucophaeus modestus and Leucophaeus scoresbii.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 101 species of the family Laridae. This species ranks 8th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Larus delawarensis. Its record count is 3.7 times the family average (874,525). The family Laridae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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