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Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers—Laridae (41)

Little Gull Breeding adult
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
Ross's Gull Breeding adult
Ross's GullRhodostethia rosea
Black-legged Kittiwake Breeding adult
Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Red-legged Kittiwake Adult
Red-legged KittiwakeRissa brevirostris
Ivory Gull Adult
Ivory GullPagophila eburnea
Sabine's Gull Breeding adult
Sabine's GullXema sabini
Bonaparte's Gull Breeding adult
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
Black-headed Gull Breeding adult
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Laughing Gull Breeding adult
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Franklin's Gull Breeding adult
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
Heermann's Gull Breeding adult
Heermann's GullLarus heermanni
Short-billed Gull Breeding adult
Short-billed GullLarus brachyrhynchus
Ring-billed Gull Breeding adult
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Yellow-footed Gull Adult
Yellow-footed GullLarus livens
Western Gull Breeding adult
Western GullLarus occidentalis
American Herring Gull Breeding adult
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Vega Gull Breeding adult
Vega GullLarus vegae
Great Black-backed Gull Breeding adult
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Glaucous Gull Adult
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
Lesser Black-backed Gull Breeding adult (graellsii)
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
California Gull Breeding adult
California GullLarus californicus
Glaucous-winged Gull Breeding adult
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
Slaty-backed Gull Breeding adult
Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
Iceland Gull Adult (kumlieni)
Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
Black Skimmer Breeding adult
Black SkimmerRynchops niger
Blue-billed White-Tern Adult
Blue-billed White-TernGygis candida
Brown Noddy Adult
Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
Black Noddy
Black NoddyAnous minutus
Sooty Tern Breeding adult
Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
Bridled Tern Breeding adult
Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
Least Tern Breeding adult
Least TernSternula antillarum
Gull-billed Tern Breeding adult
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Caspian Tern Breeding adult
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Black Tern Breeding adult
Black TernChlidonias niger
Forster's Tern Breeding adult
Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Arctic Tern Breeding adult
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Common Tern Breeding adult (hirundo/tibetana)
Common TernSterna hirundo
Roseate Tern Breeding adult
Roseate TernSterna dougallii
Sandwich Tern Breeding adult (Eurasian)
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Elegant Tern Nonbreeding adult
Elegant TernThalasseus elegans
Royal Tern Nonbreeding adult
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
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American Kestrel by Blair Dudeck / Macaulay Library