Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Leucophaeus atricilla
Gaviota reidora, Laughing Gull
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Laridae
Genus
Leucophaeus
Species
atricilla
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Larus atricilla Linnaeus, 1758 (GBIF Secretariat, 2021)
Origin: Migrant
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Curry, R.L. Stoleson, S.H. (1988) New bird records from the Galapagos associated with the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. Condor 90(2): 505-507.
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
- Harris, M.P. (1973) The Galápagos avifauna. Condor 75(3): 265-278.
- Lévêque, R. Bowman, R.I. & Billeb, S.L.. (1966) Migrants in the Galapagos area. Condor 68(1): 81-101.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Leucophaeus atricilla", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16791. Accessed 31 October 2026.