Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Laridae
Laridae is a family of medium to large birds seabirds and includes gulls, kittiwakes, terns, and skimmers. They are typically grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have longish bills and webbed feet. Terns are a group of generally general medium to large sea-birds typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water. Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species now known to live in excess of 25 to 30 years.
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis (A)
- Herring Gull Larus argentatus (A)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus (A)
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus (A)
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei (A)
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia (A)
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica (A)
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia (A)
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maxima
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii (A)
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo (A)
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri (A)
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus (A)
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscata (A)
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger (A)
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
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