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 (A)
- Bonaparte's Gull, Chroicocephalus philadelphia (A)
- Black-headed Gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus (A)
- Laughing Gull, Leucophaeus atricilla
- Franklin's Gull, Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Mew Gull, Larus canus (A)
- Ring-billed Gull, Larus delawarensis
- Western Gull, Larus occidentalis (A)
- California Gull, Larus californicus (A)
- Herring Gull, Larus argentatus smithsonianus
- Slaty-backed Gull, Larus schistisagus (A)
- Glaucous-winged Gull, Larus glaucescens
- Glaucous Gull, Larus hyperboreus (A)
- Gull-billed Tern, Geochelidon nilotica (A)
- Caspian Tern, Hydroprogne caspia (A)
- Great Crested Tern, Thalasseus bergii (A)
- Sandwich Tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis (A)
- Common Tern, Sterna hirundo (A)
- Arctic Tern, Sterna paradisaea
- Little Tern, Sternula albifrons
- Least Tern, Sternula antillarum
- Spectacled Tern, Onychoprion lunata
- Sooty Tern, Onychoprion fuscatus
- Whiskered Tern, Chlidonias hybrida (A)
- Black Tern, Chlidonias niger (A)
- White-winged Tern, Chlidonias leucopterus (A)
- Brown Noddy, Anous stolidus
- Hawaiian Noddy (Black Noddy), Anous minutus melanogenys
- Blue Noddy, Procelsterna cerulea
- White Tern, Gygis alba
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Hawaii