Bird families · Charadriiformes
Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
Laridae · 100 species
Gulls, Terns, Skimmers (Laridae) is a family of 100 bird species in the order Charadriiformes. They live mostly in coastal, marine, wetland habitats. The smallest is the Saunders's Tern and the largest the Great Black-backed Gull.
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Andean Gull Larus serranus
- Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
- Atlantic White Tern Gygis alba
- Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii
- Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
- Belcher's Gull Larus belcheri
- Black Noddy Anous minutus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda
- Black-billed Gull Larus bulleri
- Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
- Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
- Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Blue Noddy Anous ceruleus
- Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus
- Brown-hooded Gull Larus maculipennis
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Chinese Crested Tern Thalasseus bernsteini
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum
- Dolphin Gull Larus scoresbii
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Fairy Tern Sternula nereis
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Grey Gull Larus modestus
- Grey Noddy Anous albivittus
- Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Hartlaub's Gull Larus hartlaubii
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Inca Tern Larosterna inca
- Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis
- Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Kerguelen Tern Sterna virgata
- Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
- Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
- Lava Gull Larus fuliginosus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Little White Tern Gygis microrhyncha
- Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus
- Olrog's Gull Larus atlanticus
- Pacific Gull Larus pacificus
- Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus
- Peruvian Tern Sternula lorata
- Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris
- Relict Gull Larus relictus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- River Tern Sterna aurantia
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi
- Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi
- Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Slender-billed Gull Larus genei
- Snowy-crowned Tern Sterna trudeaui
- Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea
- Spectacled Tern Onychoprion lunatus
- Swallow-tailed Gull Creagrus furcatus
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
- White-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmus
- White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris
- Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis