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.[1]

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

Common nameBinomial nameIOC sequence
Brown noddyAnous stolidus (Linnaeus, 1758)1
Lesser noddyAnous tenuirostris (Temminck, 1823)2
Black noddyAnous minutus Boie, F, 18443
Blue noddyAnous ceruleus (Bennett, FD, 1840)4
Grey noddyAnous albivitta (Bonaparte, 1856)5
White ternGygis alba (Sparrman, 1786)6
Black skimmerRynchops niger Linnaeus, 17587
African skimmerRynchops flavirostris Vieillot, 18168
Indian skimmerRynchops albicollis Swainson, 18389
Swallow-tailed gullCreagrus furcatus (Néboux, 1842)10
Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)11
Red-legged kittiwakeRissa brevirostris (Bruch, 1855)12
Ivory gullPagophila eburnea (Phipps, 1774)13
Sabine's gullXema sabini (Sabine, 1819)14
Slender-billed gullChroicocephalus genei (Brème, 1839)15
Bonaparte's gullChroicocephalus philadelphia (Ord, 1815)16
Silver gullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826)17
Black-billed gullChroicocephalus bulleri (Hutton, FW, 1871)18
Andean gullChroicocephalus serranus (Tschudi, 1844)19
Brown-headed gullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus (Jerdon, 1840)20
Brown-hooded gullChroicocephalus maculipennis (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)21
Black-headed gullChroicocephalus ridibundus (Linnaeus, 1766)22
Grey-headed gullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus (Vieillot, 1818)23
Hartlaub's gullChroicocephalus hartlaubii (Bruch, 1855)24
Saunders's gullChroicocephalus saundersi Swinhoe, 187125
Little gullHydrocoloeus minutus (Pallas, 1776)26
Ross's gullRhodostethia rosea (MacGillivray, W, 1824)27
Dolphin gullLeucophaeus scoresbii (Traill, 1823)28
Lava gullLeucophaeus fuliginosus (Gould, 1841)29
Laughing gullLeucophaeus atricilla (Linnaeus, 1758)30
Franklin's gullLeucophaeus pipixcan (Wagler, 1831)31
Grey gullLeucophaeus modestus (Tschudi, 1843)32
Relict gullIchthyaetus relictus (Lönnberg, 1931)33
Audouin's gullIchthyaetus audouinii (Payraudeau, 1826)34
Mediterranean gullIchthyaetus melanocephalus (Temminck, 1820)35
Pallas's gullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus (Pallas, 1773)36
White-eyed gullIchthyaetus leucophthalmus (Temminck, 1825)37
Sooty gullIchthyaetus hemprichii (Bruch, 1855)38
Pacific gullLarus pacificus Latham, 180139
Belcher's gullLarus belcheri Vigors, 182940
Olrog's gullLarus atlanticus Olrog, 195841
Black-tailed gullLarus crassirostris Vieillot, 181842
Heermann's gullLarus heermanni Cassin, 185243
Common gullLarus canus Linnaeus, 175844
Short-billed gullLarus brachyrhynchus Richardson, 183145
Ring-billed gullLarus delawarensis Ord, 181546
California gullLarus californicus Lawrence, 185447
Great black-backed gullLarus marinus Linnaeus, 175848
Kelp gullLarus dominicanus Lichtenstein, MHC, 182349
Glaucous-winged gullLarus glaucescens Naumann, JF, 184050
Western gullLarus occidentalis Audubon, 183951
Yellow-footed gullLarus livens Dwight, 191952
Glaucous gullLarus hyperboreus Gunnerus, 176753
Iceland gullLarus glaucoides Meyer, B, 182254
European herring gullLarus argentatus Pontoppidan, 176355
American herring gullLarus smithsonianus Coues, 186256
Vega gullLarus vegae Palmén, 188757
Caspian gullLarus cachinnans Pallas, 181158
Yellow-legged gullLarus michahellis Naumann, JF, 184059
Armenian gullLarus armenicus Buturlin, 193460
Slaty-backed gullLarus schistisagus Stejneger, 188461
Lesser black-backed gullLarus fuscus Linnaeus, 175862
Gull-billed ternGelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin, JF, 1789)63
Australian ternGelochelidon macrotarsa (Gould, 1837)64
Caspian ternHydroprogne caspia (Pallas, 1770)65
Royal ternThalasseus maximus (Boddaert, 1783)66
Greater crested ternThalasseus bergii (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)67
Lesser crested ternThalasseus bengalensis (Lesson, RP, 1831)68
West African crested ternThalasseus albididorsalis (Hartert, EJO, 1921)69
Chinese crested ternThalasseus bernsteini (Schlegel, 1863)70
Sandwich ternThalasseus sandvicensis (Latham, 1787)71
Cabot's ternThalasseus acuflavidus (Cabot, S, 1847)72
Elegant ternThalasseus elegans (Gambel, 1849)73
Little ternSternula albifrons (Pallas, 1764)74
Saunders's ternSternula saundersi (Hume, 1877)75
Least ternSternula antillarum Lesson, RP, 184776
Yellow-billed ternSternula superciliaris (Vieillot, 1819)77
Peruvian ternSternula lorata (Philippi & Landbeck, 1861)78
Fairy ternSternula nereis Gould, 184379
Damara ternSternula balaenarum Strickland, 185380
Aleutian ternOnychoprion aleuticus (Baird, SF, 1869)81
Spectacled ternOnychoprion lunatus (Peale, 1849)82
Bridled ternOnychoprion anaethetus (Scopoli, 1786)83
Sooty ternOnychoprion fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1766)84
River ternSterna aurantia Gray, JE, 183185
Roseate ternSterna dougallii Montagu, 181386
White-fronted ternSterna striata Gmelin, JF, 178987
Black-naped ternSterna sumatrana Raffles, 182288
South American ternSterna hirundinacea Lesson, RP, 183189
Common ternSterna hirundo Linnaeus, 175890
White-cheeked ternSterna repressa Hartert, EJO, 191691
Arctic ternSterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 176392
Antarctic ternSterna vittata Gmelin, JF, 178993
Kerguelen ternSterna virgata Cabanis, 187594
Forster's ternSterna forsteri Nuttall, 183495
Snowy-crowned ternSterna trudeaui Audubon, 183896
Black-bellied ternSterna acuticauda Gray, JE, 183197
Black-fronted ternChlidonias albostriatus (Gray, GR, 1845)98
Whiskered ternChlidonias hybrida (Pallas, 1811)99
White-winged ternChlidonias leucopterus (Temminck, 1815)100
Black ternChlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758)101
Large-billed ternPhaetusa simplex (Gmelin, JF, 1789)102
Inca ternLarosterna inca (Lesson, RP & Garnot, 1827)103

References

  1. Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (January 2023). "Noddies, skimmers, gulls, terns, skuas, auks". IOC World Bird List. v 12.1). Retrieved February 1, 2023.
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