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Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
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BirdsIn Ohio

Laughing Gull

Leucophaeus atricilla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Laridae
Genus
Leucophaeus
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Range

Where it is recorded

Not enough evidence yet

Recorded in 11 of Ohio's 88 counties, with too few records in each for a result. Its published mapped range covers 9 of Ohio's 88 counties.

  • No result yet (72)
  • Within its mapped range (5)
  • Recorded, too few records for a result (11)
  • Recorded, season not shown (0)
  • Season shown (0)
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Range: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Species Range Maps CONUS_2001 (2018). Show as a table
Counties as a table
Laughing Gull by Ohio county: records and mapped range
CountyRecordsIn mapped range
Adams CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Allen CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Ashland CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Ashtabula CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Athens CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Auglaize CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Belmont CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Brown CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Butler CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Carroll CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Champaign CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Clark CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Clermont CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Clinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Columbiana CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Coshocton CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Crawford CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Cuyahoga CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Darke CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Defiance CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Delaware CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Erie CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Fairfield CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Fayette CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Franklin CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Fulton CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Gallia CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Geauga CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Greene CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Guernsey CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Hamilton CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Hancock CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Hardin CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Harrison CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Henry CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Highland CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Hocking CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Holmes CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Huron CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Jackson CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Jefferson CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Knox CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Lake CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Lawrence CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Licking CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Logan CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Lorain CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Lucas CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Madison CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Mahoning CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Marion CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Medina CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Meigs CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Mercer CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Miami CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Monroe CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Montgomery CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Morgan CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Morrow CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Muskingum CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Noble CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Ottawa CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Paulding CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Perry CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Pickaway CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Pike CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Portage CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Preble CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Putnam CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Richland CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Ross CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Sandusky CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Scioto CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Seneca CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Shelby CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Stark CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Summit CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Trumbull CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Tuscarawas CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Union CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Van Wert CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Vinton CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Warren CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Washington CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Wayne CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Williams CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Wood CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Wyandot CountyNo qualifying records yetNo

Season

When it is recorded

In Ohio

Not enough evidence

The weeks are still too uncertain to show a season. Based on 43 records in 8 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, above the minimum of 20 records from 5 different years.
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Recording in Ohio · records of all species each week, 1,691,199 in all

Records per week from 43 records in 8 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.

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Records of Laughing Gull in Ohio each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of Laughing GullYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–10006,211
Jan 11–17005,146
Jan 18–24004,645
Jan 25–31004,698
Feb 1–7006,023
Feb 8–14005,888
Feb 15–21005,436
Feb 22–28006,846
Mar 1–7008,321
Mar 8–140010,384
Mar 15–211112,620
Mar 22–280013,949
Mar 29 – Apr 40019,661
Apr 5–110026,860
Apr 12–181139,925
Apr 19–251141,623
Apr 26 – May 20056,391
May 3–92252,952
May 10–161153,785
May 17–231157,698
May 24–300054,651
May 31 – Jun 62153,099
Jun 7–131153,700
Jun 14–203356,625
Jun 21–272255,361
Jun 28 – Jul 40058,477
Jul 5–110061,336
Jul 12–180064,722
Jul 19–250069,753
Jul 26 – Aug 10059,416
Aug 2–83259,712
Aug 9–151155,994
Aug 16–226454,328
Aug 23–295251,772
Aug 30 – Sep 51157,167
Sep 6–120059,075
Sep 13–190054,543
Sep 20–260045,860
Sep 27 – Oct 30043,180
Oct 4–100037,841
Oct 11–171130,824
Oct 18–242121,156
Oct 25–311119,021
Nov 1–73214,172
Nov 8–140012,621
Nov 15–21227,965
Nov 22–28328,136
Nov 29 – Dec 5006,083
Dec 6–12006,004
Dec 13–19005,423
Dec 20–26005,661
Dec 27 – Jan 2008,459

What these results show

These results show when people recorded a species, not when or where it occurs. Missing weeks and low counts do not mean absence or scarcity, and counts are not abundance. Contributed records reflect where, when and what people chose to observe.

Relatives

In the same genus

Other Leucophaeus recorded in Ohio

Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan

Identification

How to identify it

Often confused with

  • Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan599 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis271 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus200 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus159 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia98 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant

From iNaturalist’s similar-species counts, refreshed monthly: confusions in Ohio first, then worldwide. Only species with an Ohio result are listed.

Months not reported

  1. Jan: no record
  2. Feb: no record
  3. Mar: recorded
  4. Apr: recorded
  5. May: recorded
  6. Jun: recorded
  7. Jul: no record
  8. Aug: recorded
  9. Sep: no record
  10. Oct: recorded
  11. Nov: recorded
  12. Dec: no record

Not reported in Ohio in July, September and December to February, 2016 to 2025.

Time of day it is recorded

midnight6 amnoon6 pm

From 41 Ohio records with a time. Most records are made when people are outside, so night and early-morning species are under-recorded.

Land cover where it is recorded

Land coverIts recordsAll Ohio records
Barren52%0.6%
Developed20%49%
Open water20%3%
Farmland4%11%
Wetland4%5%

From 25 records placed within 100 m, beside all Ohio records placed the same way. People record where they go, so this shows where records come from, not where the species lives. Land cover: USGS Annual NLCD, 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Where these results come from

  • Records from iNaturalist research-grade observations and expert-identified GBIF datasets, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-NC. Sources
  • Seasons use the published method and its evidence thresholds. Methods
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Records behind the Ohio result

43 records from 2 datasets.

To cite: the GBIF download doi:10.15468/dl.y2jkt8 (opens in a new tab).

A spreadsheet (CSV) with a link to each record, on iNaturalist or GBIF. Records whose location was hidden by the observer or the source are counted but not linked.