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Pre-digital rarity: Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
- Habitat
- Breeds on coastal islands, saltmarshes and sand-dunes. Distribution: A partial migrant. It is a year-round resident on the eastern and southern coastline of the United States from Delaware to the southern tip of Texas, throughout the Caribbean, the east coast of Mexico and Central America, and locally on the west coast of Mexico and the north coast of South America. Additionally a breeding summer visitor north to Nova Scotia in Canada, and winters on both coasts of South America south to northern Chile and the Amazon mouth in Brazil. Rare away from east coast and south coast of the U.S. but with records in almost every state. Vagrant to Europe with records nearly annually in the UK (source: Opus)
- Location
- Walcott, Norfolk, UK
- Date taken
- 5 January 1992
- Scientific name
- Leucophaeus atricilla
- Equipment used
- Canon EOS 50E, Sigma 500mm f/7.2 lens
