List of Birds of Greenland - Gulls and Terns

Gulls and Terns

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

• Mew Gull Larus canus (A)
• Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis (A)
• Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
• Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
• Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
• Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri
• Herring Gull Larus argentatus (A)
  • American Herring Gull Larus argentatus smithsonianus (A)
• Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus (A)
• Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
• Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia (A)
• Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla (A)
• Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan (A)
• Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus (A)
• Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
• Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea
• Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
• Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
• Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea