Gulls
Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Laridae
Laridae is a family of medium to large birds seabirds and includes gulls and kittiwakes. They are typically grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. There are 55 species worldwide and 20 species which occur in South Korea.
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Mew Gull Larus canus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis (A)
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides (A)
- Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri (A)
- Heuglin's Gull Larus heuglini
- East Siberian Gull Larus vegae
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus (A)
- Great Black-headed Gull Larus ichthyaetus (A)
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
- Slender-billed Gull Larus genei (A)
- Saunders's Gull Larus saundersi
- Relict Gull Larus relictus
- Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea (A)
- Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea (A)
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini (A)
- Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of South Korea
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