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Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

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Species in this group

Grey Noddy Anous albivitta
Blue-grey Noddy Anous ceruleus
Black Noddy Anous minutus
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris
Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Black Tern Chlidonias niger
Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
Grey-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
Hartlaub's Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii
Brown-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus maculipennis
Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Andean Gull Chroicocephalus serranus
Swallow-tailed Gull Creagrus furcatus
Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus
Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
Relict Gull Ichthyaetus relictus
Inca Tern Larosterna inca
Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
Olrog's Gull Larus atlanticus
Belcher's Gull Larus belcheri
Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
California Gull Larus californicus
Common Gull Larus canus
Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
Western Gull Larus occidentalis
Pacific Gull Larus pacificus
Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
Lava Gull Leucophaeus fuliginosus
Grey Gull Leucophaeus modestus
Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
Dolphin Gull Leucophaeus scoresbii
Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
Grey-backed Tern Onychoprion lunatus
Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea
Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis
African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi
Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda
River Tern Sterna aurantia
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
Snowy-crowned Tern Sterna trudeaui
Kerguelen Tern Sterna virgata
Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata
Little Tern Sternula albifrons
Least Tern Sternula antillarum
Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum
Peruvian Tern Sternula lorata
Australian Fairy Tern Sternula nereis
Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi
Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris
West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
Chinese Crested Tern Thalasseus bernsteini
Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini

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