List of Birds of Peru - Gulls and Terns

Gulls and Terns

Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Laridae

Laridae is a family of medium to large birds seabirds and includes gulls, kittiwakes, and terns. 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 sea-birds 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.

• Belcher's Gull Larus belcheri
• Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
• Herring Gull Larus argentatus (A)
• Gray Gull Leucophaeus modestus
• Gray-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
• Brown-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus maculipennis
• Andean Gull Chroicocephalus serranus
• Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
• Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
• Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
• Swallow-tailed Gull Creagrus furcatus
• Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
• Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
• Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
• Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
• Royal Tern Thalasseus maxima
• South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea
• Common Tern Sterna hirundo
• Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
• Snowy-crowned Tern Sterna trudeaui
• Least Tern Sternula antillarum
• Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris
• Peruvian Tern Sternula lorata
• Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
• Black Tern Chlidonias niger
• Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
• Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
• Inca Tern Larosterna inca