List of Birds of Mexico - Gulls

Gulls

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 seabirds 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.Skimmers are a small family of tropical tern-like birds. They have an elongated lower mandible which they use to feed by flying low over the water surface and skimming the water for small fish.

  • Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
  • Mew Gull Larus canus
  • Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
  • Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus (A)
  • California Gull Larus californicus
  • Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus (A)
  • Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
  • Western Gull Larus occidentalis
  • Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens
  • Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus (A)
  • Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus (A)
  • American Herring Gull Larus argentatus
  • Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus (A)
  • Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
  • Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
  • Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
  • Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus (A)
  • Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
  • Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
  • Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
  • Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
  • Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
  • Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
  • Royal Tern Thalasseus maxima
  • Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
  • Common Tern Sterna hirundo
  • Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
  • Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
  • Least Tern Sternula antillarum
  • Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
  • Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscata
  • Black Tern Chlidonias niger
  • Black Noddy Anous minutus (A)
  • Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
  • White Tern Gygis alba (A)
  • Black Skimmer Rynchops niger

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