Laughing Gull Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
Maps
Sounds

Calls
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Florida, April 21, 1963Recorded by Robert C. Stein / Macaulay Library
Calls
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Texas, April 23, 1998Recorded by Matthew D. Medler / Macaulay Library
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Florida, April 21, 1963Recorded by Robert C. Stein / Macaulay Library
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Florida, April 21, 1963Recorded by Robert C. Stein / Macaulay Library
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Louisiana, June 02, 1988Recorded by Ted Parker / Macaulay Library
Juvenile calls
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Florida, December 09, 2009Recorded by Bob McGuire / Macaulay Library
Flock calls
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New Jersey, April 30, 2018Recorded by Tom Johnson / Macaulay Library

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Calls

This is a very vocal species whose common call is a loud, descending series of laughing notes lasting 3 seconds or more. They also make a short stuttered alarm call when people, predators, or other gulls approach too closely. This can accelerate and intensify into a loud call lasting several minutes if the birds are defending a nest.