family
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Laridae
Field notes
Laridae is a family of seabirds in the order Charadriiformes that includes the gulls, terns (including white terns), noddies, and skimmers. It includes 105 species arranged into 23 genera. They are an adaptable group of mostly aerial birds found worldwide.
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Most observed native gulls, terns, and skimmers All
Native to the US, by observations.
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Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
184,517 observations
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Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
171,257 observations
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Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
100,648 observations
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American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianus
98,160 observations
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Western Gull
Larus occidentalis
81,000 observations
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Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
69,973 observations
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Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
66,704 observations
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Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinus
47,507 observations
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Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
47,177 observations
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Common Gull
Larus canus
46,627 observations
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Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
45,572 observations
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California Gull
Larus californicus
38,482 observations
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Kelp Gull
Larus dominicanus
38,179 observations
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Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
35,758 observations
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Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
27,770 observations