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Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Heermann's GullLarus heermanni
SanderlingCalidris alba
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 74,959 |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 25,518 |
| Texas | 17,647 |
| Canada | 11,039 |
| District of Columbia | 9,311 |
| California | 6,810 |
| New Hampshire | 6,379 |
| New Jersey | 5,619 |
| Ontario | 5,308 |
| Mexico | 5,089 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Shorebirds and Allies · Charadriiformes |
| Family | Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae |
| Genus | Hooded Gulls · Leucophaeus |
Study it in a deck
- Birds of Bogota Capital District, Colombia
- Birds of British Columbia, Canada
- Birds of Ontario
- Birds of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
- Birds of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of United States
- Birds of Utah
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Laughing Gull with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.