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) LC
- Black-legged Kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla LC
- Red-legged Kittiwake, Rissa brevirostris VU
- Ivory Gull, Pagophila eburnea NT
- Sabine's Gull, Xema sabini LC
- Bonaparte's Gull, Chroicocephalus philadelphia LC
- Gray-hooded Gull, Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus (A) LC
- Black-headed Gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus LC
- Little Gull, Hydrocoloeus minutus LC
- Ross's Gull, Rhodostethia rosea LC
- Laughing Gull, Leucophaeus atricilla LC
- Franklin's Gull, Leucophaeus pipixcan LC
- Belcher's Gull, Larus belcheri (A) LC
- Black-tailed Gull, Larus crassirostris (C) LC
- Heermann's Gull, Larus heermanni NT
- Mew Gull, Larus canus LC
- Ring-billed Gull, Larus delawarensis LC
- Western Gull, Larus occidentalis LC
- Yellow-footed Gull, Larus livens LC
- California Gull, Larus californicus LC
- Herring Gull, Larus (argentatus) smithsonianus
- Yellow-legged Gull, Larus cachinnans (C) LC
- Thayer's Gull, Larus thayeri LC
- Iceland Gull, Larus glaucoides LC
- Lesser Black-backed Gull, Larus fuscus LC
- Slaty-backed Gull, Larus schistisagus LC
- Glaucous-winged Gull, Larus glaucescens LC
- Glaucous Gull, Larus hyperboreus LC
- Great Black-backed Gull, Larus marinus LC
- Kelp Gull, Larus dominicanus (C) LC
- Gull-billed Tern, Gelochelidon nilotica LC
- Caspian Tern, Hydroprogne caspia LC
- Royal Tern, Thalasseus maximus LC
- Elegant Tern, Thalasseus elegans NT
- Sandwich Tern, Sterna sandvicensis LC
- Roseate Tern, Sterna dougallii LC (ssp. dougallii: E or T)
- Common Tern, Sterna hirundo LC
- Arctic Tern, Sterna paradisaea LC
- Forster's Tern, Sterna forsteri LC
- Least Tern, Sternula antillarum LC E (California Least Tern S. a. browni: E)
- Aleutian Tern, Onychoprion aleuticus LC
- Bridled Tern, Onychoprion anaethetus LC
- Sooty Tern, Onychoprion fuscatus LC
- Large-billed Tern, Phaetusa simplex (A) LC
- White-winged Tern, Chlidonias leucopterus (C) LC
- Whiskered Tern, Chlidonias hybridus (A) LC
- Black Tern, Chlidonias niger LC
- Brown Noddy, Anous stolidus LC
- Black Noddy, Anous minutus LC
- Black Skimmer, Rynchops niger LC
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Canada And The United States