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Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers—Laridae (34)

Little Gull Breeding adult
Little Gull

Hydrocoloeus minutus

Ross's Gull Breeding adult
Ross's Gull

Rhodostethia rosea

Black-legged Kittiwake Breeding adult
Black-legged Kittiwake

Rissa tridactyla

Ivory Gull Adult
Ivory Gull

Pagophila eburnea

Sabine's Gull Breeding adult
Sabine's Gull

Xema sabini

Bonaparte's Gull Breeding adult
Bonaparte's Gull

Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Laughing Gull Breeding adult
Laughing Gull

Leucophaeus atricilla

Black-headed Gull Breeding adult
Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Franklin's Gull Breeding adult
Franklin's Gull

Leucophaeus pipixcan

Short-billed Gull Breeding adult
Short-billed Gull

Larus brachyrhynchus

Ring-billed Gull Breeding adult
Ring-billed Gull

Larus delawarensis

Yellow-footed Gull Adult
Yellow-footed Gull

Larus livens

Western Gull Breeding adult
Western Gull

Larus occidentalis

Heermann's Gull Breeding adult
Heermann's Gull

Larus heermanni

American Herring Gull Breeding adult
American Herring Gull

Larus smithsonianus

Great Black-backed Gull Breeding adult
Great Black-backed Gull

Larus marinus

Glaucous Gull Adult
Glaucous Gull

Larus hyperboreus

Lesser Black-backed Gull Breeding adult (graellsii)
Lesser Black-backed Gull

Larus fuscus

California Gull Breeding adult
California Gull

Larus californicus

Glaucous-winged Gull Breeding adult
Glaucous-winged Gull

Larus glaucescens

Slaty-backed Gull Breeding adult
Slaty-backed Gull

Larus schistisagus

Iceland Gull Adult (Iceland)
Iceland Gull

Larus glaucoides

Black Skimmer Breeding adult
Black Skimmer

Rynchops niger

Least Tern Breeding adult
Least Tern

Sternula antillarum

Gull-billed Tern Breeding adult
Gull-billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica

Caspian Tern Breeding adult
Caspian Tern

Hydroprogne caspia

Black Tern Breeding adult
Black Tern

Chlidonias niger

Forster's Tern Breeding adult
Forster's Tern

Sterna forsteri

Arctic Tern Breeding adult
Arctic Tern

Sterna paradisaea

Common Tern Breeding adult (hirundo/tibetana)
Common Tern

Sterna hirundo

Roseate Tern Breeding adult
Roseate Tern

Sterna dougallii

Sandwich Tern Breeding adult (Eurasian)
Sandwich Tern

Thalasseus sandvicensis

Elegant Tern Nonbreeding adult
Elegant Tern

Thalasseus elegans

Royal Tern Nonbreeding adult
Royal Tern

Thalasseus maximus

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