Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)

There are currently 100 known species of Laridae which included Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers. I have photographed 29 (29.0%) of the species in this family of birds.

Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Bonaparte’s Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
Franklin’s Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
American Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)
Blue-billed White-Tern (Gygis alba)
Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri)
Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
Andean Gull (Chroicocephalus serranus)
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Least Tern (Sternula antillarum)
Audouin’s Gull (Ichthyaetus audouinii)
Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
European Herring Gull (Lars argentatus)
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)