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Subspecies · accepted · checked 2026-08-06

Leucophaeus atricilla atricilla

Laughing Gull

WoRMS 159074ITIS 824810key itis:824810
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2026-08-05: worms_id 159074 via WoRMS TSN crosswalk (status accepted); itis:176837 deprecated in ITIS -> itis:824810 (Leucophaeus atricilla atricilla)

Silhouette · Kai Caspar · CC BY 4.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Leucophaeus modestus
Laughing Gull43 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · sealifebase

Photograph of Leucophaeus atricilla atricilla
Photo · Pedro D. Vernet P. · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

CalCOFI holds 13 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1988 and 2013.R

13
observations
13
records
13
sampling events
1988–2013
years
1
datasets

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

  • Seabirds & Marine Mammals 13 obs · 13 events · 1988–2013
    name used: Leucophaeus atricilla Laughing Gull · code LAGU synonym re-keyed

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Groups

calcofi:seabirds

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Seabirds & Marine Mammals table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/farallon_bird-mammal.html?&taxon_key=%22itis:824810%22