Laughing gull - Leucophaeus atricilla

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Leucophaeus atricilla
Author (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 824079
Common Names Spanish: Gaviota guanaguanare
Portuguese: gaivota-alegre
French: Mouette atricille
English: Laughing Gull
Spanish: Gaviota reidora
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Laridae
            Genus: Leucophaeus
Taxonomic Children Subspecies: Leucophaeus atricilla atricilla
Subspecies: Leucophaeus atricilla megalopterus
Synonyms (since 1950)

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ITIS TSN824079
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
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#records (spatial)8,359
#records (non-spatial)1
#datasets38
Year1946 - 2025
Latitude4.70 - 74.93
Longitude-123.62 - -50.22
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