Laridae

Kingdom:  Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Subphylum:Vertebrata
Class:Aves
Superorder:Neognathae
Order:Charadriiformes
Suborder:Lari
Family:Laridae

Subfamily
Genus
  • species -- Common Name

Larinae

Creagrus
  • fucatus -- Swallow-tailed Gull
Gabrianus
  • pacificus -- Pacific Gull
  • scoresbii -- Magellan Gull
Larus
  • argentus, armenica, atricilla, audouinii, belcheri, brunnicephalus, bulleri, californicus, canus, cirrocephalus, crassirostris, delawarensis, dominicanus, fuliginosus, fuscus, genei, glaucescens, glaucoides, heermanni, hemprichii, hyperboreas, ichthyaetus, kamtschatschensis, leucophthalmus, livens, maculipennis, marinus, melanocephalus, minutus, modestus, novaehollandiae, occidentalis, philadelphia, pipixcan, relictus, ridibundus, saundersi, schistisagus, serranus, thayeri -- Gull
Pagophila
  • ceburnea -- Ivory Gull
Rhododostethia
  • rosea -- Ross's Gull
Rissa
  • brevirostris -- Red-legged Kittiwake
  • tridactyla -- Black-legged Kittiwake
Xema
  • sabrini -- Sabine's Gull


Sterninae

Anous
  • minutus, stolidus, tenuirostris -- Noddy
Chlidonias
  • hybrida, leucoptera, niger -- Tern
Gelochelidon
  • nilotica -- Gull-billed Tern
Gygis
  • alba -- White Tern
Hydroprogne
  • caspia -- Caspian Tern
Larosterna
  • inca -- Inca Tern
Phaetusa
  • simplex -- Large-billed Tern
Procelsterna
  • cerules -- Blue-grey Noddy
Sterna
  • albifrons, albistriata, aleutica, anaethetus, antillarum, aurantia, balaenarum, dougallii, forsteri, fuscata, hirundinacea, hirundo, lorata, lunata, melangaster, nereis, paradisaea, repressa, saundersii, striata, sumatrona, superciliaris, trudeaui, virgata, vittata -- Tern
Thalasseus
  • bengalensis, bergii, bernsteini, elegans, maximus, sandvicensis -- Tern