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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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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) ©WikiC
____ (Anous tenuirostris tenuirostris)
____ (Anous tenuirostris melanops)
Black Noddy (Anous minutus) ©WikiC
____ (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) ©WikiC
____ (Procelsterna cerulea saxatilis)
____ (Procelsterna cerulea cerulea)
____ (Procelsterna cerulea nebouxi)
____ (Procelsterna cerulea teretirostris)
____ (Procelsterna cerulea murphyi)
Grey Noddy (Procelsterna albivitta) ©WikiC
____ (Procelsterna albivitta albivitta)
____ (Procelsterna albivitta skottsbergii)
____ (Procelsterna albivitta imitatrix)
Gygis
White Tern (Gygis alba) by DavesBP – Article
____ (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) by Bird Photos
____ (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 – Photo by BirdPhotos
Rissa
Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) by Bob-Nan
Red-legged Kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris) – Ian’s BOW -Video
Pagophila
Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea) by BirdPhotos
Xema
Sabine’s Gull (Xema sabini) by BirdPhotos
Chroicocephalus
Slender-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus genei) by Nikhil
Bonaparte’s Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) ©USFWS
Red-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus scopulinus) - Close-up ©WikiC
Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) by Ian
____ (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae forsteri)
____ (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae gunni)
____ (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae novaehollandiae)
Black-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus bulleri) ©WikiC
Andean Gull (Chroicocephalus serranus) ©WikiC
Brown-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus) by Nikhil Devasar
Brown-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis) by BirdPhotos
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) by Ian
Grey-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus) by BirdPhotos
____ (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus cirrocephalus)
____ (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus poiocephalus)
Hartlaub’s Gull (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii) by BirdPhotos
Saunders’s Gull (Chroicocephalus saundersi) ©WikiC
Hydrocoloeus
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) by BirdPhotos
Rhodostethia
Ross’s Gull (Rhodostethia rosea) ©WikiC
Leucophaeus
Dolphin Gull (Leucophaeus scoresbii) by Daves BirdingPix
Lava Gull (Leucophaeus fuliginosus) by BirdPhotos
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) by Daves BirdingPix
____ (Leucophaeus atricilla megalopterus)
____ (Leucophaeus atricilla atricilla)
Franklin’s Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) by Daves BirdingPix
Grey Gull (Leucophaeus modestus) by BirdPhotos
Ichthyaetus
Relict Gull (Ichthyaetus relictus) ©Wildlife Images
Audouin’s Gull (Ichthyaetus audouinii) by BirdPhotos
Mediterranean Gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus) by BirdPhotos
Pallas’s Gull (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus) ©WikiC
White-eyed Gull (Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus) ©WikiC
Sooty Gull (Ichthyaetus hemprichii) ©WikiC
Larus
Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus) by Ian
____ (Larus pacificus georgii)
____ (Larus pacificus pacificus)
Belcher’s Gull (Larus belcheri) by Robert Scanlon
Olrog’s Gull (Larus atlanticus) by BirdPhotos
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) by Robert Scanlon
Heermann’s Gull (Larus heermanni) by Daves BirdingPix
Mew Gull (Larus canus) by Daves BirdingPix
____ (Larus canus canus)
____ (Larus canus heinei)
____ (Larus canus kamtschatschensis)
____ (Larus canus brachyrhynchus)
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) by DansPix
California Gull (Larus californicus) by BirdPhotos
____ (Larus californicus albertaensis)
____ (Larus californicus californicus)
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) by Daves BirdingPix
Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus) by Bob-Nan
____ (Larus dominicanus dominicanus) by BirdPhotos
____ (Larus dominicanus vetula) by BirdPhotos
____ (Larus dominicanus judithae)
____ (Larus dominicanus melisandae)
____ (Larus dominicanus austrinus)
Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens) by Ian
Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) by DavesBP
____ (Larus occidentalis occidentalis)
____ (Larus occidentalis wymani) by BirdPhotos
Yellow-footed Gull (Larus livens) ©WikiC
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) ©USFWS
____ (Larus hyperboreus hyperboreus)
____ (Larus hyperboreus pallidissimus)
____ (Larus hyperboreus barrovianus) by BirdPhotos
____ (Larus hyperboreus leuceretes)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) ©USFWS
____ (Larus glaucoides kumlieni)
____ (Larus glaucoides glaucoides)
Thayer’s Gull (Larus thayeri) by DavesBP
European Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) by Robert Scanlon
____ (Larus argentatus argenteus)
____ (Larus argentatus argentatus)
American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus) by BirdPhotos
Vega Gull (Larus vegae) ©WikiC
____ (Larus vegae mongolicus)
____ (Larus vegae vegae)
Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans) ©WikiC
Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis) by Ian
____ (Larus michahellis atlantis)
____ (Larus michahellis michahellis)
Armenian Gull (Larus armenicus) ©WikiC
Slaty-backed Gull (Larus schistisagus) by Ian
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) by Daves BirdingPix
____ (Larus fuscus graellsii) by BirdPhotos
____ (Larus fuscus intermedius)
____ (Larus fuscus fuscus)
____ (Larus fuscus heuglini) by Nikhil Devassar
____ (Larus fuscus barabensis)
Gelochelidon
Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) by Quy Tran - 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) by Nikhil Devasar - Video by Nick
Thalasseus
Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) by Quy Tran
____ (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) by Nikhil - Video by TomTarrant
____ (Thalasseus bengalensis bengalensis)
____ (Thalasseus bengalensis emigratus)
____ (Thalasseus bengalensis torresii)
Chinese Crested Tern (Thalasseus bernsteini) IBC
Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) by MikeBader – Video
Cabot’s Tern (Thalasseus acuflavidus) by BirdPhotos
____ (Thalasseus acuflavidus acuflavidus) by BirdPhotos
____ (Thalasseus acuflavidus eurygnatha)
Sternula
Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) – Ian’s BOW – Video
____ (Sternula albifrons albifrons) by BirdPhotos
____ (Sternula albifrons guineae)
____ (Sternula albifrons sinensis)
Saunders’s Tern (Sternula saundersi) IBC
Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) by Africaddict
____ (Sternula antillarum athalassos)
____ (Sternula antillarum antillarum) by BirdPhotos
____ (Sternula antillarum browni) by BirdPhotos
Yellow-billed Tern (Sternula superciliaris) by BirdPhotos
Peruvian Tern (Sternula lorata) IBC
Fairy Tern (Sternula nereis) by Bob-Nan – Video
____ (Sternula nereis exsul)
____ (Sternula nereis davisae)
____ (Sternula nereis nereis) by BirdPhotos
Damara Tern (Sternula balaenarum) by BirdPhotos
Onychoprion
Aleutian Tern (Onychoprion aleuticus) IBC
Spectacled Tern (Onychoprion lunatus) ©WikiC
Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus) ©WikiC
____ (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) by Nikhil Devasar
Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) by Ian
____ (Sterna dougallii dougallii)
____ (Sterna dougallii arideensis)
____ (Sterna dougallii korustes)
____ (Sterna dougallii bangsi)
____ (Sterna dougallii gracilis)
White-fronted Tern (Sterna striata) by BirdPhotos
Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana) by Ian
____ (Sterna sumatrana mathewsi)
____ (Sterna sumatrana sumatrana)
South American Tern (Sterna hirundinacea) by DavesBP
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) by J Fenton
____ (Sterna hirundo hirundo)
____ (Sterna hirundo tibetana)
____ (Sterna hirundo minussensis)
____ (Sterna hirundo longipennis)
White-cheeked Tern (Sterna repressa) by BirdPhotos
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) by J Fenton
Antarctic Tern (Sterna vittata) by BirdPhotos
____ (Sterna vittata tristanensis)
____ (Sterna vittata georgiae)
____ (Sterna vittata gaini)
____ (Sterna vittata vittata)
____ (Sterna vittata bethunei)
Kerguelen Tern (Sterna virgata) ©WikiC
____ (Sterna virgata mercuri)
____ (Sterna virgata virgata)
Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri) by Reinier Munguia
Snowy-crowned Tern (Sterna trudeaui) by BirdPhotos
Black-bellied Tern (Sterna acuticauda) ©WikiC
Chlidonias
Black-fronted Tern (Chlidonias albostriatus) ©WikiC
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) by Raymond Barlow – Video
____ (Chlidonias hybrida hybrida)
____ (Chlidonias hybrida delalandii)
____ (Chlidonias hybrida javanicus)
White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) – Ian’s BOW – Video
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) by J Fenton
____ (Chlidonias niger niger)
____ (Chlidonias niger surinamensis) by J Fenton
Phaetusa
Large-billed Tern (Phaetusa simplex) by Daves BirdingPix
____ (Phaetusa simplex simplex) by BirdPhotos
____ (Phaetusa simplex chloropoda)
Larosterna
Inca Tern (Larosterna inca) at National Aviary by Lee
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