#1036 · 🐦 birds

Laughing Gull

🇳🇱 Lachmeeuw ·Leucophaeus atricilla

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © José Antonio Linage Espinosa · CC BY-NC 4.0
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3. © Scott F Smith · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Ty Smith · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Bert Filemyr · CC BY-NC 4.0
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7. © Michael Orgill · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Blake Ross · CC BY 4.0
9. © Grigory Heaton · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The laughing gull ( Leucophaeus atricilla ) is a medium-sized gull of North and South America. The genus name Leucophaeus is from Ancient Greek leukos , "white", and phaios , "dusky". The specific atricilla is from Latin ater , "black", and cilla , "tail". Linnaeus appears to have misread his note atricapilla (black-haired), which would have been much more appropriate for this black-headed, but white-tailed, bird.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 103,551iNaturalist observations
weight 300 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
103,551 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 300 g.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).