Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyLaridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)
- GenusLeucophaeus (Hooded Gulls)
- SpeciesLeucophaeus atricilla (Laughing Gull)
Closest Relatives at Isla del Coco National Park
Larus pipixcan
Leucophaeus pipixcan
White Tern
Gygis alba
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea
Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
Wandering Tattler
Tringa incana
Whimbrel
Numenius hudsonicus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Laughing Gull in Isla del Coco National Park?
About 11% of visitor-days record a Laughing Gull sighting in Isla del Coco National Park, based on 17 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Laughing Gull in Isla del Coco National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Laughing Gull in Isla del Coco National Park in our monthly data.