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Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) by W Kwong

the ostrich, the short-eared owl, the sea gull, and the hawk after their kinds; (Deuteronomy 14:15 NKJV)

CLASS – AVES, Order – CHARADRIIFORMES, Family – Laridae – Gulls, Terns & Skimmers

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I.O.C. 2.11 Ver. (pre 3.0 Version)
Genus (22), Species (102), Subspecies

Anous
Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus) by Bob-Nan
____ (Anous stolidus pileatus)
____ (Anous stolidus galapagensis)
____ (Anous stolidus ridgwayi)
____ (Anous stolidus stolidus)
Lesser Noddy (Anous tenuirostris)
____ (Anous tenuirostris tenuirostris)
____ (Anous tenuirostris melanops)
Black Noddy (Anous minutus)
____ (Anous minutus worcesteri)
____ (Anous minutus minutus)
____ (Anous minutus marcusi)
____ (Anous minutus melanogenys)
____ (Anous minutus diamesus)
____ (Anous minutus americanus)
____ (Anous minutus atlanticus)
Procelsterna
Blue Noddy (Procelsterna cerulea)
____ (Procelsterna cerulea saxatilis)
____ (Procelsterna cerulea cerulea)
____ (Procelsterna cerulea nebouxi)
____ (Procelsterna cerulea teretirostris)
____ (Procelsterna cerulea murphyi)
Grey Noddy (Procelsterna albivitta)
____ (Procelsterna albivitta albivitta)
____ (Procelsterna albivitta skottsbergii)
____ (Procelsterna albivitta imitatrix)
Gygis
White Tern (Gygis alba) by DavesBP
____ (Gygis alba alba)
____ (Gygis alba candida)
____ (Gygis alba microrhyncha)
____ (Gygis alba leucopes)
Rynchops
Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) by JFenton – Video by KeithB
____ (Rynchops niger niger)
____ (Rynchops niger cinerascens)
____ (Rynchops niger intercedens)
African Skimmer (Rynchops flavirostris) – Video
Indian Skimmer (Rynchops albicollis) by Nikhil – Video
Creagrus
Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus) by Bob-Nan
Rissa
Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) by Bob-Nan
Red-legged Kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris) – Ian’s BOW -Video
Pagophila
Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea)
Xema
Sabine’s Gull (Xema sabini)
Chroicocephalus
Slender-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus genei) by Nikhil
Bonaparte’s Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
Red-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus scopulinus)
Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) by Ian
____ (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae forsteri)
____ (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae gunni)
____ (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae novaehollandiae)
Black-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus bulleri)
Andean Gull (Chroicocephalus serranus)
Brown-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus)
Brown-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis)
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Grey-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
____ (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus cirrocephalus)
____ (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus poiocephalus)
Hartlaub’s Gull (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
Saunders’s Gull (Chroicocephalus saundersi)
Hydrocoloeus
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
Rhodostethia
Ross’s Gull (Rhodostethia rosea)
Leucophaeus
Dolphin Gull (Leucophaeus scoresbii)
Lava Gull (Leucophaeus fuliginosus)
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
____ (Leucophaeus atricilla megalopterus)
____ (Leucophaeus atricilla atricilla)
Franklin’s Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)
Grey Gull (Leucophaeus modestus)
Ichthyaetus
Relict Gull (Ichthyaetus relictus)
Audouin’s Gull (Ichthyaetus audouinii)
Mediterranean Gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus)
Pallas’s Gull (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus)
White-eyed Gull (Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus)
Sooty Gull (Ichthyaetus hemprichii)
Larus
Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus)
____ (Larus pacificus georgii)
____ (Larus pacificus pacificus)
Belcher’s Gull (Larus belcheri)
Olrog’s Gull (Larus atlanticus)
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris)
Heermann’s Gull (Larus heermanni)
Mew Gull (Larus canus)
____ (Larus canus canus)
____ (Larus canus heinei)
____ (Larus canus kamtschatschensis)
____ (Larus canus brachyrhynchus)
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
California Gull (Larus californicus)
____ (Larus californicus albertaensis)
____ (Larus californicus californicus)
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)
____ (Larus dominicanus dominicanus)
____ (Larus dominicanus vetula)
____ (Larus dominicanus judithae)
____ (Larus dominicanus melisandae)
____ (Larus dominicanus austrinus)
Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) by DavesBP
____ (Larus occidentalis occidentalis)
____ (Larus occidentalis wymani)
Yellow-footed Gull (Larus livens)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
____ (Larus hyperboreus hyperboreus)
____ (Larus hyperboreus pallidissimus)
____ (Larus hyperboreus barrovianus)
____ (Larus hyperboreus leuceretes)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
____ (Larus glaucoides kumlieni)
____ (Larus glaucoides glaucoides)
Thayer’s Gull (Larus thayeri) by DavesBP
European Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
____ (Larus argentatus argenteus)
____ (Larus argentatus argentatus)
American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus) by Val
Vega Gull (Larus vegae)
____ (Larus vegae mongolicus)
____ (Larus vegae vegae)
Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)
Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis) by Ian
____ (Larus michahellis atlantis)
____ (Larus michahellis michahellis)
Armenian Gull (Larus armenicus)
Slaty-backed Gull (Larus schistisagus) by Ian
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
____ (Larus fuscus graellsii)
____ (Larus fuscus intermedius)
____ (Larus fuscus fuscus)
____ (Larus fuscus heuglini)
____ (Larus fuscus barabensis)
Gelochelidon
Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) – Video by Nick
____ (Gelochelidon nilotica nilotica)
____ (Gelochelidon nilotica affinis)
____ (Gelochelidon nilotica macrotarsa)
____ (Gelochelidon nilotica aranea)
____ (Gelochelidon nilotica vanrossemi)
____ (Gelochelidon nilotica gronvoldi)
Hydroprogne
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) – Video by Nick
Thalasseus
Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
____ (Thalasseus maximus maximus)
____ (Thalasseus maximus albididorsalis)
Greater Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii) by Ian
____ (Thalasseus bergii bergii)
____ (Thalasseus bergii enigma)
____ (Thalasseus bergii thalassinus)
____ (Thalasseus bergii velox)
____ (Thalasseus bergii cristatus)
Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans) by Ian – Video
Lesser Crested Tern (Thalasseus bengalensis) – Video by TomTarrant
____ (Thalasseus bengalensis bengalensis)
____ (Thalasseus bengalensis emigratus)
____ (Thalasseus bengalensis torresii)
Chinese Crested Tern (Thalasseus bernsteini)
Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) by MikeBader – Video
Cabot’s Tern (Thalasseus acuflavidus)
____ (Thalasseus acuflavidus acuflavidus)
____ (Thalasseus acuflavidus eurygnatha)
Sternula
Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) – Ian’s BOW – Video
____ (Sternula albifrons albifrons)
____ (Sternula albifrons guineae)
____ (Sternula albifrons sinensis)
Saunders’s Tern (Sternula saundersi)
Least Tern (Sternula antillarum)
____ (Sternula antillarum athalassos)
____ (Sternula antillarum antillarum)
____ (Sternula antillarum browni)
Yellow-billed Tern (Sternula superciliaris)
Peruvian Tern (Sternula lorata)
Fairy Tern (Sternula nereis) by Bob-Nan – Video
____ (Sternula nereis exsul)
____ (Sternula nereis davisae)
____ (Sternula nereis nereis)
Damara Tern (Sternula balaenarum)
Onychoprion
Aleutian Tern (Onychoprion aleuticus)
Spectacled Tern (Onychoprion lunatus)
Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)
____ (Onychoprion anaethetus melanopterus)
____ (Onychoprion anaethetus antarcticus)
____ (Onychoprion anaethetus anaethetus)
____ (Onychoprion anaethetus nelsoni)
Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) by Ian
____ (Onychoprion fuscatus fuscatus)
____ (Onychoprion fuscatus nubilosus)
____ (Onychoprion fuscatus serratus)
____ (Onychoprion fuscatus kermadeci)
____ (Onychoprion fuscatus oahuensis)
____ (Onychoprion fuscatus crissalis)
____ (Onychoprion fuscatus luctuosus)
Sterna
River Tern (Sterna aurantia)
Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)
____ (Sterna dougallii dougallii)
____ (Sterna dougallii arideensis)
____ (Sterna dougallii korustes)
____ (Sterna dougallii bangsi)
____ (Sterna dougallii gracilis)
White-fronted Tern (Sterna striata)
Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana)
____ (Sterna sumatrana mathewsi)
____ (Sterna sumatrana sumatrana)
South American Tern (Sterna hirundinacea) by DavesBP
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
____ (Sterna hirundo hirundo)
____ (Sterna hirundo tibetana)
____ (Sterna hirundo minussensis)
____ (Sterna hirundo longipennis)
White-cheeked Tern (Sterna repressa)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Antarctic Tern (Sterna vittata)
____ (Sterna vittata tristanensis)
____ (Sterna vittata georgiae)
____ (Sterna vittata gaini)
____ (Sterna vittata vittata)
____ (Sterna vittata bethunei)
Kerguelen Tern (Sterna virgata)
____ (Sterna virgata mercuri)
____ (Sterna virgata virgata)
Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri)
Snowy-crowned Tern (Sterna trudeaui)
Black-bellied Tern (Sterna acuticauda)
Chlidonias
Black-fronted Tern (Chlidonias albostriatus)
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) by Ray – Video
____ (Chlidonias hybrida hybrida)
____ (Chlidonias hybrida delalandii)
____ (Chlidonias hybrida javanicus)
White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) – Ian’s BOW – Video
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
____ (Chlidonias niger niger)
____ (Chlidonias niger surinamensis)
Phaetusa
Large-billed Tern (Phaetusa simplex)
____ (Phaetusa simplex simplex)
____ (Phaetusa simplex chloropoda)
Larosterna
Inca Tern (Larosterna inca)
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