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Laridae - Gulls, Terns and Skimmers
 
       
  Brown Noddy Anous stolidus pileatus
  Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris tenuirostris
 
Black Skimmer Rynchops niger cinerascens
 
  White Tern Gygis alba monte single member of genus
 
  Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla tridactyla
 
  Sabine's Gull Xema sabini monotypic, single member of genus
 
  Red-billed Gull Chroicocephalus scopulinus monotypic, endemic to New Zealand
  Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri monotypic, endemic to New Zealand
  Brown-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus maculipennis monotypic
  Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus monotypic
Updated - 05.09.10 Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus poiocephalus
  Hartlaub's Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii monotypic
 
  Dolphin Gull Leucophaeus scoresbii monotypic
Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla atricilla
  Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan monotypic
 
  Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus monotypic
 
  Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus monotypic
  * Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus dominicanus
  * Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus austrinus
  * Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus vetula
  European Herring Gull Larus argentatus argenteus
  Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans mongolicus
  * Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus fuscus
  * Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus graellsii
  * Heuglin's Gull Larus heuglini heuglini
  * Heuglin's Gull Larus heuglini tamyrensis
 
  Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica nilotica single member of genus
 
  Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia monotypic, single member of genus
 
Royal Tern Thalasseus maxima maxima
  * Swift Tern Thalasseus bergii bergii
  * Swift Tern Thalasseus bergii thalassinus
Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans monotypic
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis bengalensis
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis sandvicensis
 
  Little Tern Sternula albifrons albifrons
  Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi monotypic
  Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum monotypic
 
  Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus antarctica
* Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscata fuscata
* Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscata nubilosa
 
  Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii dougallii
  White-fronted Tern Sterna striata monotypic
  South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea monotypic
  Common Tern Sterna hirundo hirundo
  Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea monotypic
  * Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata vittata
  * Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata georgiae
  * Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata sanctipauli
 
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus sclateri
  White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus monotypic
Black Tern Chlidonias niger niger
 
  Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex simplex single member of genus