Family · Shorebirds, gulls & auks (Charadriiformes)

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Laridae

105 species

1. 1Swallow-tailed Gull Creagrus furcatuseBird ↗
2. 2Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutuseBird ↗
3. 3Ross's Gull Rhodostethia roseaeBird ↗
4. 4Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactylaeBird ↗
5. 5Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostriseBird ↗
6. 6Ivory Gull Pagophila eburneaeBird ↗
7. 7Sabine's Gull Xema sabinieBird ↗
8. 8Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersieBird ↗
9. 9Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus geneieBird ↗
10. 10Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphiaeBird ↗
11. 11Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiaeeBird ↗
12. 12Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bullerieBird ↗
13. 13Andean Gull Chroicocephalus serranuseBird ↗
14. 14Brown-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus maculipenniseBird ↗
15. 15Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibunduseBird ↗
16. 16Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephaluseBird ↗
17. 17Gray-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephaluseBird ↗
18. 18Hartlaub's Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubiieBird ↗
19. 19Gray Gull Leucophaeus modestuseBird ↗
20. 20Dolphin Gull Leucophaeus scoresbiieBird ↗
21. 21Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricillaeBird ↗
22. 22Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcaneBird ↗
23. 23Lava Gull Leucophaeus fuliginosuseBird ↗
24. 24Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetuseBird ↗
25. 25Relict Gull Ichthyaetus relictuseBird ↗
26. 26Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouiniieBird ↗
27. 27Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephaluseBird ↗
28. 28Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichiieBird ↗
29. 29White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmuseBird ↗
30. 30Pacific Gull Larus pacificuseBird ↗
31. 31Belcher's Gull Larus belcherieBird ↗
32. 32Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostriseBird ↗
33. 33Olrog's Gull Larus atlanticuseBird ↗
34. 34Heermann's Gull Larus heermannieBird ↗
35. 35Common Gull Larus canuseBird ↗
36. 36Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchuseBird ↗
37. 37Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensiseBird ↗
38. 38Yellow-footed Gull Larus livenseBird ↗
39. 39Western Gull Larus occidentaliseBird ↗
40. 40Caspian Gull Larus cachinnanseBird ↗
41. 41Kelp Gull Larus dominicanuseBird ↗
42. 42American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianuseBird ↗
43. 43Vega Gull Larus vegaeeBird ↗
44. 44Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicuseBird ↗
45. 45European Herring Gull Larus argentatuseBird ↗
46. 46Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahelliseBird ↗
47. 47Armenian Gull Larus armenicuseBird ↗
48. 48Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinuseBird ↗
49. 49Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreuseBird ↗
50. 50Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscuseBird ↗
51. 51California Gull Larus californicuseBird ↗
52. 52Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescenseBird ↗
53. 53Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisaguseBird ↗
54. 54Iceland Gull Larus glaucoideseBird ↗
55. 55African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostriseBird ↗
56. 56Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollisfull sheeteBird ↗
57. 57Black Skimmer Rynchops nigereBird ↗
58. 58Atlantic White-Tern Gygis albaeBird ↗
59. 59Blue-billed White-Tern Gygis candidaeBird ↗
60. 60Little White-Tern Gygis microrhynchaeBird ↗
61. 61Brown Noddy Anous stoliduseBird ↗
62. 62Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostriseBird ↗
63. 63Black Noddy Anous minutuseBird ↗
64. 64Gray Noddy Anous albivittaeBird ↗
65. 65Blue-gray Noddy Anous ceruleuseBird ↗
66. 66Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticuseBird ↗
67. 67Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatuseBird ↗
68. 68Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetuseBird ↗
69. 69Gray-backed Tern Onychoprion lunatuseBird ↗
70. 70Little Tern Sternula albifronseBird ↗
71. 71Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersieBird ↗
72. 72Damara Tern Sternula balaenarumeBird ↗
73. 73Australian Fairy Tern Sternula nereiseBird ↗
74. 74Least Tern Sternula antillarumeBird ↗
75. 75Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliariseBird ↗
76. 76Peruvian Tern Sternula lorataeBird ↗
77. 77Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplexeBird ↗
78. 78Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon niloticaeBird ↗
79. 79Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsaeBird ↗
80. 80Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspiaeBird ↗
81. 81Inca Tern Larosterna incaeBird ↗
82. 82Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridaeBird ↗
83. 83Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatuseBird ↗
84. 84Black Tern Chlidonias nigereBird ↗
85. 85White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopteruseBird ↗
86. 86River Tern Sterna aurantiaeBird ↗
87. 87Forster's Tern Sterna forsterieBird ↗
88. 88Snowy-crowned Tern Sterna trudeauieBird ↗
89. 89Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaeafull sheeteBird ↗
90. 90South American Tern Sterna hirundinaceaeBird ↗
91. 91Antarctic Tern Sterna vittataeBird ↗
92. 92Kerguelen Tern Sterna virgataeBird ↗
93. 93Common Tern Sterna hirundoeBird ↗
94. 94White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressaeBird ↗
95. 95Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatranaeBird ↗
96. 96Roseate Tern Sterna dougalliieBird ↗
97. 97White-fronted Tern Sterna striataeBird ↗
98. 98Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticaudaeBird ↗
99. 99Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensiseBird ↗
100. 100Elegant Tern Thalasseus eleganseBird ↗
101. 101Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensiseBird ↗
102. 102West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsaliseBird ↗
103. 103Royal Tern Thalasseus maximuseBird ↗
104. 104Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergiieBird ↗
105. 105Chinese Crested Tern Thalasseus bernsteinieBird ↗