List of Birds of French Guiana - Gulls and Terns

Gulls and Terns

Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Laridae

Laridae is a family of medium to large birds seabirds and includes gulls, kittiwakes and terns. 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.

• Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus (A)
• Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus (A)
• Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus (A)
• Herring Gull Larus argentatus (A)
• Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus (A)
• Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
• Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan (A)
• Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus (A)
• Sabine's Gull Xema sabini (A)
• Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla (A)
• Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
• Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia (A)
• Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans (A)
• Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
• Royal Tern Thalasseus maxima
• Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
• Common Tern Sterna hirundo
• Least Tern Sterna antillarum
• Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris
• Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscata (A)
• Black Tern Chlidonias niger
• Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
• Brown Noddy Anous stolidus (A)