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.
- Swallow-tailed Gull, Creagrus furcatus (A)
- Black-legged Kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla
- Red-legged Kittiwake, Rissa brevirostris
- Ivory Gull, Pagophila eburnea
- Sabine's Gull, Xema sabini
- Bonaparte's Gull, Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Gray-hooded Gull, Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus (A)
- Black-headed Gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little Gull, Hydrocoleus minutus
- Ross's Gull, Rhodostethia rosea
- Laughing Gull, Leucophaeus atricilla
- Franklin's Gull, Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Belcher's Gull, Larus belcheri (A)
- Black-tailed Gull, Larus crassirostris (C)
- Heermann's Gull, Larus heermanni
- Mew Gull, Larus canus
- Ring-billed Gull, Larus delawarensis
- Western Gull, Larus occidentalis
- Yellow-footed Gull, Larus livens
- California Gull, Larus californicus
- Herring Gull, Larus argentatus
- Yellow-legged Gull, Larus cachinnans (C)
- Thayer's Gull, Larus thayeri
- Iceland Gull, Larus glaucoides
- Lesser Black-backed Gull, Larus fuscus
- Slaty-backed Gull, Larus schistisagus
- Glaucous-winged Gull, Larus glaucescens
- Glaucous Gull, Larus hyperboreus
- Great Black-backed Gull, Larus marinus
- Kelp Gull, Larus dominicanus (C)
- Gull-billed Tern, Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern, Hydroprogne caspia
- Royal Tern, Sterna maxima
- Elegant Tern, Sterna elegans
- Sandwich Tern, Sterna sandvicensis
- Roseate Tern, Sterna dougallii
- Common Tern, Sterna hirundo
- Arctic Tern, Sterna paradisaea
- Forster's Tern, Sterna forsteri
- Least Tern, Sternula antillarum
- Aleutian Tern, Onychoprion aleutica
- Bridled Tern, Onychoprion anaethetus
- Sooty Tern, Onychoprion fuscata
- Large-billed Tern, Phaetusa simplex (A)
- White-winged Tern, Chlidonias leucopterus (C)
- Whiskered Tern, Chlidonias hybridus (A)
- Black Tern, Chlidonias niger
- Brown Noddy, Anous stolidus
- Black Noddy, Anous minutus
- Blue Noddy, Procelsterna cerulea
- White Tern, Gygis alba
- Black Skimmer, Rynchops niger
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of The United States