Wild Bird Photography

Order: SHOREBIRDS AND RELATIVES (CHARADRIIFORMES ORDER)
Family: GULLS, TERNS AND SKIMMERS (LARIDAE)

* = Endangered Species
+ = Endemic Species
a = ABA Area Species

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61 Species



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Species Locations

Genus Anou

a

Black Noddy (Anous minutus)


Genus Chlidonia

a

Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus)

a

White-winged (Black) Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)

a

Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)


Genus Chroicocephalu

Brown-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus)

Grey-headed (hooded) Gull (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)

Slender-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus genei)

Brown-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis)

Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)

a

Bonaparte`s Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)

a

Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)

Andean Gull (Chroicocephalus serranus)


Genus chthyaetu

*

Audouin Gull (chthyaetus audouinii)


Genus Gelochelido

a

Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)


Genus Hydrocoloeu

a

Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)


Genus Ichthyaetu

Mediterranean Gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus)


Genus Laru

European Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)

*

Olrog`s Gull (Larus atlanticus)

Steppe (Barba) Gull (Larus barabensis)

a

Short-billed (Mew) Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus)

a

California Gull (Larus californicus)

a

Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)

a

Kelp (Dominican) Gull (Larus dominicanus)

a

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)

a

Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)

a

Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)

a

Heermann`s Gull (Larus heermanni)

a

Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)

a

Yellow-footed Gull (Larus livens)

a

Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)

a

Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)

a

Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)

a

Sabine`s Gull (Larus sabini)

a

Slaty-backed Gull (Larus schistisagus)

a

American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)

a

Thayer`s Gull (Larus thayeri)


Genus Leucophaeu

a

Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)

a

Franklin`s Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)

Dolphin Gull (Leucophaeus scoresbii)


Genus Onychoprio

a

Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)

a

Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)


Genus Phaetus

Large-billed Tern (Phaetusa simplex)


Genus Rhodostethi

a

Ross`s Gull (Rhodostethia rosea)


Genus Riss

a

Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)


Genus Rynchop

a

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)


Genus Stern

a

Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia)

a

Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)

a

Forster Tern (Sterna forsteri)

South American Tern (Sterna hirundinacea)

a

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)

a

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)

Snowy-crowned (Turdeau) Tern (Sterna trudeaui)


Genus Sternul

a

Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)

a

Least Tern (Sternula antillarum)

Saunders`s Tern (Sternula saundersi)


Genus Thalasseu

a

Cabot`s Tern (Thalasseus acuflavidus)

Lesser Crested Tern (Thalasseus bengalensis)

a

Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)

a

Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans)

a

Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)

a

Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)


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