Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls | Bird Family Guide

105 species

Every species in this family

The same 105 birds as a plain list, if you already know the name you want.

African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus
American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
Andean Gull Chroicocephalus serranus
Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
Atlantic White Tern Gygis alba
Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
Belcher's Gull Larus belcheri
Black Noddy Anous minutus
Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
Black Tern Chlidonias niger
Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda
Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
Blue Noddy Anous ceruleus
Blue-billed White Tern Gygis candida
Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
Brown-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus maculipennis
California Gull Larus californicus
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Chinese Crested Tern Thalasseus bernsteini
Common Gull Larus canus
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum
Dolphin Gull Leucophaeus scoresbii
Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
Fairy Tern Sternula nereis
Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
Grey Gull Leucophaeus modestus
Grey Noddy Anous albivitta
Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Hartlaub's Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii
Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
Inca Tern Larosterna inca
Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis
Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
Kerguelen Tern Sterna virgata
Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
Lava Gull Leucophaeus fuliginosus
Least Tern Sternula antillarum
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
Little Tern Sternula albifrons
Little White Tern Gygis microrhyncha
Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
Olrog's Gull Larus atlanticus
Pacific Gull Larus pacificus
Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
Peruvian Tern Sternula lorata
Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris
Relict Gull Ichthyaetus relictus
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
River Tern Sterna aurantia
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi
Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi
Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
Snowy-crowned Tern Sterna trudeaui
Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea
Spectacled Tern Onychoprion lunatus
Swallow-tailed Gull Creagrus furcatus
Vega Gull Larus vegae
West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
Western Gull Larus occidentalis
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus
White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris
Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis