Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Laridae
Laridae is a family of medium to large birds seabirds and includes 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
- Ivory Gull, Pagophila eburnea (R)
- Sabine's Gull, Xema sabini
- Bonaparte's Gull, Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Black-headed Gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus (xn)
- Little Gull, Hydrocoleus minutus
- Ross's Gull, Rhodostethia rosea (R
- Laughing Gull, Leucophaeus atricilla (n)
- Franklin's Gull, Leucophaeus pipixcan (R)
- Black-tailed Gull, Larus crassirostris (R)
- Mew Gull, Larus canus (R)
- Ring-billed Gull, Larus delawarensis (n)
- California Gull, Larus californicus (R)
- Herring Gull, Larus argentatus (n)
- Yellow-legged Gull, Larus cachinnans (R)
- Thayer's Gull, Larus thayeri (R)
- Iceland Gull, Larus glaucoides
- Lesser Black-backed Gull, Larus fuscus
- Slaty-backed Gull, Larus schistisagus (R)
- Glaucous Gull, Larus hyperboreus
- Great Black-backed Gull, Larus marinus (n)
- Gull-billed Tern, Gelochelidon nilotica (R)
- Caspian Tern, Hydroprogne caspia
- Royal Tern, Thalasseus maxima
- Elegant Tern, Thalasseus elegans (R)
- Sandwich Tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis (R)
- Roseate Tern, Sterna dougallii (n)
- Common Tern, Sterna hirundo (n)
- Arctic Tern, Sterna paradisaea(n)
- Forster's Tern, Sterna forsteri (n)
- Least Tern, Sternula antillarum (n)
- Bridled Tern, Onychoprion anaethetus (R)
- Sooty Tern, Onychoprion fuscata (R)
- White-winged Tern, Chlidonias leucopterus (R)
- Black Tern, Chlidonias niger
- Brown Noddy, Anous stolidus (R)
- Black Skimmer, Rynchops niger (n)
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