Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Laridae
The Laridae are a family of medium to large seabirds and containing the gulls, terns, kittiwakes and skimmers. They are typically grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet.
- Black-legged Kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla
- Sabine's Gull, Xema sabini
- Bonaparte's Gull, Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Gray-hooded Gull, Chroicocephalus cirrocephhalus (A)
- Black-headed Gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus (A)
- Little Gull, Hydrocoleus minutus (A)
- Laughing Gull, Leucophaeus atricilla
- Franklin's Gull, Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Belcher's Gull, Larus belcheri (A)
- Heermann's Gull, Larus heermanni (A)
- Ring-billed Gull, Larus delawarensis
- California Gull, Larus californicus (A)
- Herring Gull, Larus argentatus
- "Vega Gull", Larus argentatus vega (A)
- Thayer's Gull, Larus thayeri (A)
- Iceland Gull, Larus glaucoides
- Lesser Black-backed Gull, Larus fuscus
- Slaty-backed Gull, Larus schistisagus (A)
- Glaucous Gull, Larus hyperboreus
- Great Black-backed Gull, Larus marinus
- Brown Noddy, Anous stolidus
- Black Noddy, Anous minutus
- Sooty Tern, Onychoprion fuscata
- Bridled Tern, Onychoprion anaethetus
- Least Tern, Sternula antillarum
- Gull-billed Tern, Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern, Hydroprogne caspia
- Black Tern, Chlidonias niger
- Roseate Tern, Sterna dougallii
- Common Tern, Sterna hirundo
- Arctic Tern, Sterna paradisaea
- Forster's Tern, Sterna forsteri
- Royal Tern, Thalasseus maxima
- Sandwich Tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Elegant Tern, Thalasseus elegans (A)
- Black Skimmer, Rynchops niger
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