Biology:List of Laridae species

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The avian family Laridae comprise the noddies, skimmers, kittiwakes, gulls, and terns. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 103 Laridae species distributed among 22 genera.

This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.

Common name	Binomial name	IOC sequence
Brown noddy	Anous stolidus	1
Lesser noddy	Anous tenuirostris	2
Black noddy	Anous minutus	3
Blue noddy	Anous ceruleus	4
Grey noddy	Anous albivitta	5
White tern	Gygis alba	6
Black skimmer	Rynchops niger	7
African skimmer	Rynchops flavirostris	8
Indian skimmer	Rynchops albicollis	9
Swallow-tailed gull	Creagrus furcatus	10
Black-legged kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla	11
Red-legged kittiwake	Rissa brevirostris	12
Ivory gull	Pagophila eburnea	13
Sabine's gull	Xema sabini	14
Slender-billed gull	Chroicocephalus genei	15
Bonaparte's gull	Chroicocephalus philadelphia	16
Silver gull	Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae	17
Black-billed gull	Chroicocephalus bulleri	18
Andean gull	Chroicocephalus serranus	19
Brown-headed gull	Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus	20
Brown-hooded gull	Chroicocephalus maculipennis	21
Black-headed gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	22
Grey-headed gull	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	23
Hartlaub's gull	Chroicocephalus hartlaubii	24
Saunders's gull	Chroicocephalus saundersi	25
Little gull	Hydrocoloeus minutus	26
Ross's gull	Rhodostethia rosea	27
Dolphin gull	Leucophaeus scoresbii	28
Lava gull	Leucophaeus fuliginosus	29
Laughing gull	Leucophaeus atricilla	30
Franklin's gull	Leucophaeus pipixcan	31
Grey gull	Leucophaeus modestus	32
Relict gull	Ichthyaetus relictus	33
Audouin's gull	Ichthyaetus audouinii	34
Mediterranean gull	Ichthyaetus melanocephalus	35
Pallas's gull	Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus	36
White-eyed gull	Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus	37
Sooty gull	Ichthyaetus hemprichii	38
Pacific gull	Larus pacificus	39
Belcher's gull	Larus belcheri	40
Olrog's gull	Larus atlanticus	41
Black-tailed gull	Larus crassirostris	42
Heermann's gull	Larus heermanni	43
Common gull	Larus canus	44
Short-billed gull	Larus brachyrhynchus	45
Ring-billed gull	Larus delawarensis	46
California gull	Larus californicus	47
Great black-backed gull	Larus marinus	48
Kelp gull	Larus dominicanus	49
Glaucous-winged gull	Larus glaucescens	50
Western gull	Larus occidentalis	51
Yellow-footed gull	Larus livens	52
Glaucous gull	Larus hyperboreus	53
Iceland gull	Larus glaucoides	54
European herring gull	Larus argentatus	55
American herring gull	Larus smithsonianus	56
Vega gull	Larus vegae	57
Caspian gull	Larus cachinnans	58
Yellow-legged gull	Larus michahellis	59
Armenian gull	Larus armenicus	60
Slaty-backed gull	Larus schistisagus	61
Lesser black-backed gull	Larus fuscus	62
Gull-billed tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	63
Australian tern	Gelochelidon macrotarsa	64
Caspian tern	Hydroprogne caspia	65
Royal tern	Thalasseus maximus	66
Greater crested tern	Thalasseus bergii	67
Lesser crested tern	Thalasseus bengalensis	68
West African crested tern	Thalasseus albididorsalis	69
Chinese crested tern	Thalasseus bernsteini	70
Sandwich tern	Thalasseus sandvicensis	71
Cabot's tern	Thalasseus acuflavidus	72
Elegant tern	Thalasseus elegans	73
Little tern	Sternula albifrons	74
Saunders's tern	Sternula saundersi	75
Least tern	Sternula antillarum	76
Yellow-billed tern	Sternula superciliaris	77
Peruvian tern	Sternula lorata	78
Fairy tern	Sternula nereis	79
Damara tern	Sternula balaenarum	80
Aleutian tern	Onychoprion aleuticus	81
Spectacled tern	Onychoprion lunatus	82
Bridled tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	83
Sooty tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	84
River tern	Sterna aurantia	85
Roseate tern	Sterna dougallii	86
White-fronted tern	Sterna striata	87
Black-naped tern	Sterna sumatrana	88
South American tern	Sterna hirundinacea	89
Common tern	Sterna hirundo	90
White-cheeked tern	Sterna repressa	91
Arctic tern	Sterna paradisaea	92
Antarctic tern	Sterna vittata	93
Kerguelen tern	Sterna virgata	94
Forster's tern	Sterna forsteri	95
Snowy-crowned tern	Sterna trudeaui	96
Black-bellied tern	Sterna acuticauda	97
Black-fronted tern	Chlidonias albostriatus	98
Whiskered tern	Chlidonias hybrida	99
White-winged tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	100
Black tern	Chlidonias niger	101
Large-billed tern	Phaetusa simplex	102
Inca tern	Larosterna inca	103