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Family: Laridae



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104 species (see list below)
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Aquino, Maria Theresa

Indo-Pacific and Atlantic
Max. Length 39 cm TL
Anous minutusBoie, 1844

Photo by Aquino, Maria Theresa
 
Anous minutus
[Black noddy]
No picture found

Max. Length 34 cm TL
 
Anous minutus tenuirostris
[]

Aquino, Maria Theresa

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic an
Max. Length 45 cm TL
Anous stolidus(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Aquino, Maria Theresa
 
Anous stolidus
[Brown noddy]
No picture found

Max. Length 32 cm TL
 
Anous tenuirostris
[Lesser noddy]
No picture found
 
Chlidonias albostriatus
[Black-fronted tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 26 cm TL
 
Chlidonias hybrida
[Whiskered tern]

Yap, Michael

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc
Max. Length 24 cm TL
Chlidonias leucopterus(Temminck, 1815)

Photo by Yap, Michael
 
Chlidonias leucopterus
[White-winged tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 24 cm TL
 
Chlidonias niger
[Black tern]
No picture found
 
Chroicocephalus saundersi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 57 cm TL
 
Creagrus furcatus
[Swallow-tailed gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 43 cm TL
 
Gelochelidon nilotica
[Gull-billed tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 33 cm TL
 
Gygis alba
[White tern]
No picture found
 
Gygis microrhyncha
[Lesser white tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 30 cm TL
 
Hydrocoloeus minutus
[Little gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 59 cm TL
 
Hydroprogne caspia
[Caspian tern]
No picture found
 
Ichthyaetus hemprichii
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 42 cm TL
 
Larosterna inca
[Inca tern]

Fenwick, David

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc
Max. Length 66 cm TL
Larus argentatusPontoppidan, 1763

Photo by Fenwick, David
 
Larus argentatus
[Herring gull]
No picture found
 
Larus armenicus
[Armenian gull]
No picture found
 
Larus atlanticus
[Olrog's gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 43 cm TL
 
Larus atricilla
[Laughing gull]

OCEANA

Mediterranean. Stray in
Max. Length 52 cm TL
Larus audouiniiPayraudeau, 1826

Photo by OCEANA
 
Larus audouinii
[Audouin's gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 51 cm TL
 
Larus belcheri
[Band-tailed gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 43 cm TL
 
Larus brunnicephalus
[Brown-headed gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 38 cm TL
 
Larus bulleri
[Black-billed gull]
No picture found
 
Larus cachinnans
[Yellow-legged gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 58 cm TL
 
Larus californicus
[California gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 46 cm TL
 
Larus canus
[Common gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 43 cm TL
 
Larus cirrocephalus
[Grey-headed gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 48 cm TL
 
Larus crassirostris
[Black-tailed gull]
No picture found
 
Larus cucullatus
[Hooded merganser]
No picture found

Max. Length 53 cm TL
 
Larus delawarensis
[Ring-billed gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 58 cm TL
 
Larus dominicanus
[Kelp gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 53 cm TL
 
Larus fuliginosus
[Lava gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 61 cm TL
 
Larus fuscus
[Lesser black-backed gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 46 cm TL
 
Larus genei
[Slender-billed gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 70 cm TL
 
Larus glaucescens
[Glaucous-winged gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 64 cm TL
 
Larus glaucoides
[Iceland gull]
No picture found
 
Larus glaucoides thayeri
[Thayer's gull]
No picture found
 
Larus hartlaubii
[Hartlaub's gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 53 cm TL
 
Larus heermanni
[Heermann's gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 47 cm TL
 
Larus hemprichii
[Sooty gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 77 cm TL
 
Larus hyperboreus
[Glaucous gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 69 cm TL
 
Larus ichthyaetus
[Great black-headed gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 39 cm TL
 
Larus leucophthalmus
[White-eyed gull]
No picture found
 
Larus livens
[Yellow-footed gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 38 cm TL
 
Larus maculipennis
[Brown-hooded gull]

Fenwick, David

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc
Max. Length 79 cm TL
Larus marinusLinnaeus, 1758

Photo by Fenwick, David
 
Larus marinus
[Great black-backed gull]

OCEANA

Indo-West Pacific, Easter
Max. Length 43 cm TL
Larus melanocephalusTemminck, 1820

Photo by OCEANA
 
Larus melanocephalus
[Mediterranean gull]
No picture found
 
Larus michahellis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 46 cm TL
 
Larus modestus
[Gray gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 43 cm TL
 
Larus novaehollandiae
[Silver gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 68 cm TL
 
Larus occidentalis
[Western gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 66 cm TL
 
Larus pacificus
[Pacific gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 36 cm TL
 
Larus philadelphia
[Bonaparte's gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 38 cm TL
 
Larus pipixcan
[Franklin's gull]
No picture found
 
Larus relictus
[Relict gull]

Fenwick, David

Indo-West Pacific and Atl
Max. Length 43 cm TL
Larus ridibundusLinnaeus, 1766

Photo by Fenwick, David
 
Larus ridibundus
[Common black-headed gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 33 cm TL
 
Larus saundersi
[Saunder's gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 68 cm TL
 
Larus schistisagus
[Slaty-backed gull]
No picture found
 
Larus scopulinus
[Red-billed gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 48 cm TL
 
Larus serranus
[Andean gull]
No picture found
 
Larus smithsonianus
[]
No picture found
 
Larus thayeri
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 46 cm TL
 
Leucophaeus scoresbii
[Dolphin gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 38 cm TL
 
Onychoprion aleuticus
[Aleutian tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 38 cm TL
 
Onychoprion anaethetus
[Bridled tern]

Aquino, Maria Theresa

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc
Max. Length 45 cm TL
Onychoprion fuscatusLinnaeus, 1766

Photo by Aquino, Maria Theresa
 
Onychoprion fuscatus
[Sooty tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 38 cm TL
 
Onychoprion lunatus
[Gray-backed tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 46 cm TL
 
Pagophila eburnea
[Ivory gull]
No picture found

Max. Length 37 cm TL
 
Phaetusa simplex
[Large-billed tern]
No picture found
 
Procelsterna albivitta
[Gray noddy]
No picture found

Max. Length 30 cm TL
 
Procelsterna cerulea
[Blue noddy]
No picture found

Max. Length 32 cm TL
 
Rhodostethia rosea
[Ross's gull]
No picture found
 
Rissa brevirostris
[Red-legged kittiwake]
No picture found
 
Rissa tridactyla
[Black-legged kittiwake]
No picture found

Max. Length 45 cm TL
 
Rynchops niger
[Black skimmer]
No picture found
 
Sterna acuticauda
[Black-bellied tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 43 cm TL
 
Sterna aurantia
[River tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 43 cm TL
 
Sterna bengalensis
[Lesser crested tern]

Aquino, Maria Theresa

Indo-Pacific, Southeast A
Max. Length 48 cm TL
Sterna bergiiLichtenstein, 1823

Photo by Aquino, Maria Theresa
 
Sterna bergii
[Crested tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 38 cm TL
 
Sterna bernsteini
[Chinese crested tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 43 cm TL
 
Sterna dougallii
[Roseate tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 43 cm TL
 
Sterna elegans
[Elegant tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 41 cm TL
 
Sterna forsteri
[Forster's tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 44 cm TL
 
Sterna hirundinacea
[South American tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 38 cm TL
 
Sterna hirundo
[Common tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 23 cm TL
 
Sterna lorata
[Peruvian tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 53 cm TL
 
Sterna maxima
[Royal tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 38 cm TL
 
Sterna paradisaea
[Arctic tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 35 cm TL
 
Sterna repressa
[White-cheeked tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 45 cm TL
 
Sterna sandvicensis
[Sandwich tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 43 cm TL
 
Sterna striata
[White-fronted tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 32 cm TL
 
Sterna sumatrana
[Black-naped tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 35 cm TL
 
Sterna trudeaui
[Trudeau's tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 33 cm TL
 
Sterna virgata
[Kerguelen tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 41 cm TL
 
Sterna vittata
[Antarctic tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 28 cm TL
 
Sternula albifrons
[Little tern]
No picture found
 
Sternula antillarum
[Least tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 23 cm TL
 
Sternula balaenarum
[Damara tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 27 cm TL
 
Sternula nereis
[Fairy tern]
No picture found
 
Sternula saundersi
[Saunder's tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 23 cm TL
 
Sternula superciliaris
[Yellow-billed tern]

FAO

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc

Xema sabini(Sabine, 1819)

Photo by FAO
 
Xema sabini
[Sabine's gull]


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