Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)

There are currently 100 known species of Laridae which included Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers. I have photographed 34 (34.0%) 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)
Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Mediterranean Gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus)
Slender-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus genei)
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)