Laridae
Bird family with 105 species
Species
African Skimmer
(Rynchops flavirostris)
Aleutian Tern
(Onychoprion aleuticus)
American Herring Gull
(Larus smithsonianus)
Andean Gull
(Chroicocephalus serranus)
Antarctic Tern
(Sterna vittata)
Arctic Tern
(Sterna paradisaea)
Armenian Gull
(Larus armenicus)
Atlantic White Tern
(Gygis alba)
Audouin's Gull
(Ichthyaetus audouinii)
Australian Tern
(Gelochelidon macrotarsa)
Belcher's Gull
(Larus belcheri)
Black Noddy
(Anous minutus)
Black Skimmer
(Rynchops niger)
Black Tern
(Chlidonias niger)
Black-bellied Tern
(Sterna acuticauda)
Black-billed Gull
(Chroicocephalus bulleri)
Black-fronted Tern
(Chlidonias albostriatus)
Black-headed Gull
(Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Black-legged Kittiwake
(Rissa tridactyla)
Black-naped Tern
(Sterna sumatrana)
Black-tailed Gull
(Larus crassirostris)
Blue Noddy
(Anous ceruleus)
Blue-billed White Tern
(Gygis candida)
Bonaparte's Gull
(Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
Bridled Tern
(Onychoprion anaethetus)
Brown Noddy
(Anous stolidus)
Brown-headed Gull
(Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus)
Brown-hooded Gull
(Chroicocephalus maculipennis)
California Gull
(Larus californicus)
Caspian Gull
(Larus cachinnans)
Caspian Tern
(Hydroprogne caspia)
Chinese Crested Tern
(Thalasseus bernsteini)
Common Gull
(Larus canus)
Common Tern
(Sterna hirundo)
Damara Tern
(Sternula balaenarum)
Dolphin Gull
(Leucophaeus scoresbii)
Elegant Tern
(Thalasseus elegans)
European Herring Gull
(Larus argentatus)
Fairy Tern
(Sternula nereis)
Forster's Tern
(Sterna forsteri)
Franklin's Gull
(Leucophaeus pipixcan)
Glaucous Gull
(Larus hyperboreus)
Glaucous-winged Gull
(Larus glaucescens)
Great Black-backed Gull
(Larus marinus)
Greater Crested Tern
(Thalasseus bergii)
Grey Gull
(Leucophaeus modestus)
Grey Noddy
(Anous albivitta)
Grey-headed Gull
(Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
Gull-billed Tern
(Gelochelidon nilotica)
Hartlaub's Gull
(Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
Heermann's Gull
(Larus heermanni)
Iceland Gull
(Larus glaucoides)
Inca Tern
(Larosterna inca)
Indian Skimmer
(Rynchops albicollis)
Ivory Gull
(Pagophila eburnea)
Kelp Gull
(Larus dominicanus)
Kerguelen Tern
(Sterna virgata)
Large-billed Tern
(Phaetusa simplex)
Laughing Gull
(Leucophaeus atricilla)
Lava Gull
(Leucophaeus fuliginosus)
Least Tern
(Sternula antillarum)
Lesser Black-backed Gull
(Larus fuscus)
Lesser Crested Tern
(Thalasseus bengalensis)
Lesser Noddy
(Anous tenuirostris)
Little Gull
(Hydrocoloeus minutus)
Little Tern
(Sternula albifrons)
Little White Tern
(Gygis microrhyncha)
Mediterranean Gull
(Ichthyaetus melanocephalus)
Mongolian Gull
(Larus mongolicus)
Olrog's Gull
(Larus atlanticus)
Pacific Gull
(Larus pacificus)
Pallas's Gull
(Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus)
Peruvian Tern
(Sternula lorata)
Red-legged Kittiwake
(Rissa brevirostris)
Relict Gull
(Ichthyaetus relictus)
Ring-billed Gull
(Larus delawarensis)
River Tern
(Sterna aurantia)
Roseate Tern
(Sterna dougallii)
Ross's Gull
(Rhodostethia rosea)
Royal Tern
(Thalasseus maximus)
Sabine's Gull
(Xema sabini)
Sandwich Tern
(Thalasseus sandvicensis)
Saunders's Gull
(Saundersilarus saundersi)
Saunders's Tern
(Sternula saundersi)
Short-billed Gull
(Larus brachyrhynchus)
Silver Gull
(Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
Slaty-backed Gull
(Larus schistisagus)
Slender-billed Gull
(Chroicocephalus genei)
Snowy-crowned Tern
(Sterna trudeaui)
Sooty Gull
(Ichthyaetus hemprichii)
Sooty Tern
(Onychoprion fuscatus)
South American Tern
(Sterna hirundinacea)
Spectacled Tern
(Onychoprion lunatus)
Swallow-tailed Gull
(Creagrus furcatus)
Vega Gull
(Larus vegae)
West African Crested Tern
(Thalasseus albididorsalis)
Western Gull
(Larus occidentalis)
Whiskered Tern
(Chlidonias hybrida)
White-cheeked Tern
(Sterna repressa)
White-eyed Gull
(Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus)
White-fronted Tern
(Sterna striata)
White-winged Tern
(Chlidonias leucopterus)
Yellow-billed Tern
(Sternula superciliaris)
Yellow-footed Gull
(Larus livens)
Yellow-legged Gull
(Larus michahellis)
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