Species
family
gulls, terns and skimmers
Laridae Rafinesque, 1815
species Anous albivitta (Bonaparte, 1856) - Grey Noddy
species Anous ceruleus (F. D. Bennett, 1840) - Blue Noddy
species Anous minutus F. Boie, 1844 - Black Noddy
species Anous stolidus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Brown Noddy
species Anous tenuirostris (Temminck, 1823) - Lesser Noddy
species Chlidonias albostriatus (G. R. Gray, 1845) - Black-fronted Tern
species Chlidonias hybrida (Pallas, 1811) - Whiskered Tern
species Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck, 1815) - White-winged Tern
species Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758) - Black Tern
species Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus (Jerdon, 1840) - Brown-headed Gull
species Chroicocephalus bulleri (Hutton, 1871) - Black-billed Gull
species Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus (Vieillot, 1818) - Grey-headed Gull
species Chroicocephalus genei (Brème, 1839) - Slender-billed Gull
species Chroicocephalus hartlaubii (Bruch, 1853) - Hartlaub's Gull
species Chroicocephalus maculipennis (Lichtenstein, 1823) - Brown-hooded Gull
species Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) - Silver Gull
species Chroicocephalus philadelphia (Ord, 1815) - Bonaparte's Gull
species Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Black-headed Gull
species Chroicocephalus saundersi Swinhoe, 1871 - Saunders's Gull
species Chroicocephalus serranus (Tschudi, 1844) - Andean Gull
species Chroicocephalus utunui (Steadman, 2002) - Huahine Gull
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species Creagrus furcatus (Néboux, 1842) - Swallow-tailed Gull
species Gaviota niobrara Miller & Sibley, 1941
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species Gelochelidon macrotarsa (Gould, 1837) - Australian Tern
species Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin, 1789) - Gull-billed Tern
species Gygis alba (Sparrman, 1786) - White Tern
species Hydrocoloeus minutus (Pallas, 1776) - Little Gull
species Hydroprogne caspia (Pallas, 1770) - Caspian Tern
species Ichthyaetus audouinii (Payraudeau, 1826) - Audouin's Gull
species Ichthyaetus hemprichii (Bruch, 1853) - Sooty Gull
species Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus (Pallas, 1773) - Pallas's Gull
species Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus (Temminck, 1825) - White-eyed Gull
species Ichthyaetus melanocephalus (Temminck, 1820) - Mediterranean Gull
species Ichthyaetus relictus (Lönnberg, 1931) - Relict Gull
species Larosterna inca (Lesson, 1827) - Inca Tern
species Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763 - European Herring Gull
species Larus armenicus Buturlin, 1934 - Armenian Gull
species Larus atlanticus Olrog, 1958 - Olrog's Gull
species Larus belcheri Vigors, 1829 - Belcher's Gull
species Larus brachyrhynchus Richardson, 1831
species Larus cachinnans Pallas, 1811 - Caspian Gull
species Larus californicus Lawrence, 1854 - California Gull
species Larus canus Linnaeus, 1758 - Mew Gull
species Larus crassirostris Vieillot, 1818 - Black-tailed Gull
species Larus delawarensis Ord, 1815 - Ring-billed Gull
species Larus desnoyersii Milne-Edwards, 1868
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species Larus dominicanus M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1823 - Kelp Gull
species Larus elegans Milne-Edwards, 1867
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species Larus elmorei P. Brodkorb, 1953
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species Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758 - Lesser Black-backed Gull
species Larus glaucescens J. F. Naumann, 1840 - Glaucous-winged Gull
species Larus glaucoides B. Meyer, 1822 - Iceland Gull
species Larus heermanni Cassin, 1852 - Heermann's Gull
species Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1767 - Glaucous Gull
species Larus lacus S. D. Emslie, 1995
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species Larus livens Dwight, 1919 - Yellow-footed Gull
species Larus marinus Linnaeus, 1758 - Great Black-backed Gull
species Larus michahellis J. F. Naumann, 1840 - Yellow-legged Gull
species Larus occidentalis Audubon, 1839 - Western Gull
species Larus orgonus Shufeldt, 1892
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species Larus pacificus Latham, 1802 - Pacific Gull
species Larus perpetuus S. D. Emslie, 1995
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species Larus pristinus Shufeldt, 1915
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species Larus robustus Shufeldt, 1892
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species Larus schistisagus Stejneger, 1884 - Slaty-backed Gull
species Larus smithsonianus Coues, 1862 - American Herring Gull
species Larus totanoides Milne-Edwards, 1868
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species Larus vegae Palmén, 1887 - Vega Gull
species Leucophaeus atricilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - Laughing Gull
species Leucophaeus fuliginosus (Gould, 1841) - Lava Gull
species Leucophaeus modestus (Tschudi, 1843) - Grey Gull
species Leucophaeus pipixcan (Wagler, 1831) - Franklin's Gull
species Leucophaeus scoresbii (Traill, 1823) - Dolphin Gull
species Onychoprion aleuticus (S. F. Baird, 1869) - Aleutian Tern
species Onychoprion anaethetus (Scopoli, 1786) - Bridled Tern
species Onychoprion fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Sooty Tern
species Onychoprion lunatus (Peale, 1848) - Spectacled Tern
species Pagophila eburnea (Phipps, 1774) - Ivory Gull
species Phaetusa simplex (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) - Large-billed Tern
species Rhodostethia rosea (MacGillivray, 1824) - Ross's Gull
species Rissa brevirostris (Bruch, 1853) - Red-legged Kittiwake
species Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) - Black-legged Kittiwake
species Rynchops albicollis Swainson, 1838 - Indian Skimmer
species Rynchops flavirostris Vieillot, 1816 - African Skimmer
species Rynchops niger Linnaeus, 1758 - Black Skimmer
species Sterna acuticauda J. E. Gray, 1831 - Black-bellied Tern
species Sterna aurantia J. E. Gray, 1831 - River Tern
species Sterna dougallii Montagu, 1813 - Roseate Tern
species Sterna forsteri Nuttall, 1834 - Forster's Tern
species Sterna hirundinacea Lesson, 1831 - South American Tern
species Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 - Common Tern
species Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763 - Arctic Tern
species Sterna repressa Hartert, 1916 - White-cheeked Tern
species Sterna striata J. F. Gmelin, 1789 - White-fronted Tern
species Sterna sumatrana Raffles, 1822 - Black-naped Tern
species Sterna trudeaui Audubon, 1838 - Snowy-crowned Tern
species Sterna virgata Cabanis, 1875 - Kerguelen Tern
species Sterna vittata J. F. Gmelin, 1789 - Antarctic Tern
species Sternula albifrons (Pallas, 1764) - Little Tern
species Sternula antillarum Lesson, 1847 - Least Tern
species Sternula balaenarum (Strickland, 1852) - Damara Tern
species Sternula lorata (Philippi & Landbeck, 1861) - Peruvian Tern
species Sternula nereis Gould, 1843 - Fairy Tern
species Sternula saundersi (Hume, 1877) - Saunders's Tern
species Sternula superciliaris (Vieillot, 1819) - Yellow-billed Tern
species Thalasseus acuflavidus (Cabot, 1847) - Cabot's Tern
species Thalasseus albididorsalis (Hartert, 1921) - West African Crested Tern
species Thalasseus bengalensis (Lesson, 1831) - Lesser Crested Tern
species Thalasseus bergii (M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1823) - Greater Crested Tern
species Thalasseus bernsteini (Schlegel, 1863) - Chinese Crested Tern
species Thalasseus elegans (Gambel, 1849) - Elegant Tern
species Thalasseus maximus (Boddaert, 1783) - Royal Tern
species Thalasseus sandvicensis (Latham, 1787) - Sandwich Tern
species Xema sabini (Sabine, 1819) - Sabine's Gull
