Family Laridae (GULLS, TERN & SKIMMERS)

Subfamily Larinae (GULLS)

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Chroicocephalus philadelphia BONAPARTE'S GULL
Chroicocephalus ridibundus BLACK-HEADED GULL
Larus argentatus HERRING GULL
Larus atricilla LAUGHING GULL
Larus brachyrhynchus SHORT-BILLED GULL
Larus californicus CALIFORNIA GULL
Larus crassirostris BLACK-TAILED GULL
Larus delawarensis RING-BILLED GULL
Larus fuscus LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
Larus glaucesens GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL
Larus glaucoides ICELAND GULL
Larus glaucoides thayeri THAYER'S GULL
Larus heermannii HEERMANN'S GULL
Larus hyperboreus GLAUCOUS GULL
Larus marinus GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL
Larus occidentalis WESTERN GULL
Larus schistisagus SLATY-BACKED GULL
Leucophaeus pipixcan FRANKLIN'S GULL
Pagophila evurnea IVORY GULL
Rissa tridactyla BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE

Subfamily Sterninae (TERNS)

Chlidonias niger BLACK TERN
Gelochelidon nilotica GULL-BILLED TERN
Hydroprogne caspia CASPIAN TERN
Larosterna inca INCA TERN
Sterna forsteri FORSTER'S TERN
Sterna hirundo COMMON TERN
Sterna paradisaea ARCTIC TERN
Sternula antillarum LEAST TERN
Thalasseus maxima ROYAL TERN
Thalasseus elegans ELEGANT TERN
Sandwich Tern

Subfamily Rynchopinae (SKIMMERS)

Black Skimmer

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