Editing Laughing gull (section)

{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Leucophaeus atricilla Caye Caulker 04.JPG
| image_caption = 
| image2 = Larus atricilla.ogg
| image2_caption = Call
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International. |year=2018 |title=''Larus atricilla'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T22694455A132552784 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22694455A132552784.en |access-date=10 March 2025}}</ref>
| genus = Leucophaeus
| species = atricilla
| authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])
| synonyms = ''Larus atricilla'' {{small|Linnaeus,&nbsp;1758}}
| range_map = Leucophaeus atricilla map.svg
| range_map_caption = geographical range
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The '''laughing seagull''' ('''''Leucophaeus atricilla''''') is a medium-sized [[gull]] of [[North America|North]] and [[South America]]. Named for its laugh-like call, it is an opportunistic [[omnivore]] and [[scavenger]]. It breeds in large colonies mostly along the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] coast of North America, the [[Caribbean]], and northern South America. The two [[subspecies]] are ''L. a. megalopterus'' — which can be seen from southeast Canada down to [[Central America]] — and ''L. a. atricilla'', which appears from the [[West Indies]] to the [[Venezuela]]n islands. The laughing seagull was long placed in the genus ''[[Larus]]'' until its present placement in ''Leucophaeus''.