Scientific Name |
English Name |
Distribution |
Max. Length (cm) |
Anous minutus |
Black noddy |
Indo-Pacific and Atlantic |
39 TL |
Anous minutus tenuirostris |
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Western Indian Ocean |
34 TL |
Anous stolidus |
Brown noddy |
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic an |
45 TL |
Anous tenuirostris |
Lesser noddy |
Atlantic and Indo-West Pa |
32 TL |
Chlidonias albostriatus |
Black-fronted tern |
Southwest Pacific |
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Chlidonias hybrida |
Whiskered tern |
Indo-West Pacific, Atlant |
26 TL |
Chlidonias leucopterus |
White-winged tern |
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc |
24 TL |
Chlidonias niger |
Black tern |
Pacific Ocean, Atlantic O |
24 TL |
Creagrus furcatus |
Swallow-tailed gull |
Southeast Pacific. From C |
57 TL |
Gelochelidon nilotica |
Gull-billed tern |
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc |
43 TL |
Gygis alba |
White tern |
Indo-Pacific and Atlantic |
33 TL |
Gygis microrhyncha |
Lesser white tern |
Eastern Pacific |
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Hydrocoloeus minutus |
Little gull |
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc |
30 TL |
Hydroprogne caspia |
Caspian tern |
Atlantic, Indo-Pacific an |
59 TL |
Ichthyaetus hemprichii |
|
Western Indian Ocean; Om |
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Larosterna inca |
Inca tern |
Eastern Pacific and Weste |
42 TL |
Larus argentatus |
Herring gull |
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc |
66 TL |
Larus armenicus |
Armenian gull |
Indo-West Pacific, Northe |
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Larus atlanticus |
Olrog's gull |
Southwest Atlantic. Trop |
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Larus atricilla |
Laughing gull |
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc |
43 TL |
Larus audouinii |
Audouin's gull |
Mediterranean. Stray in |
52 TL |
Larus belcheri |
Band-tailed gull |
Eastern Pacific and Weste |
51 TL |
Larus brunnicephalus |
Brown-headed gull |
Indo-West Pacific and Asi |
43 TL |
Larus bulleri |
Black-billed gull |
Southwest Pacific |
38 TL |
Larus cachinnans |
Yellow-legged gull |
Antarctic, Northeast Atla |
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Larus californicus |
California gull |
Eastern Pacific, Western |
58 TL |
Larus canus |
Common gull |
Pacific Ocean, Atlantic O |
46 TL |
Larus crassirostris |
Black-tailed gull |
Indo-Pacific and Atlantic |
48 TL |
Larus cucullatus |
Hooded merganser |
Northeast and Eastern cen |
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Larus delawarensis |
Ring-billed gull |
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc |
53 TL |
Larus dominicanus |
Kelp gull |
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc |
58 TL |
Larus fuliginosus |
Lava gull |
Southeast Pacific |
53 TL |
Larus fuscus |
Lesser black-backed gull |
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc |
61 TL |
Larus genei |
Slender-billed gull |
Indo-West Pacific, Easter |
46 TL |
Larus glaucescens |
Glaucous-winged gull |
Pacific Ocean and Atlanti |
70 TL |
Larus glaucoides |
Iceland gull |
Northern Pacific, Norther |
64 TL |
Larus glaucoides thayeri |
Thayer's gull |
Northwest Pacific |
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Larus hartlaubii |
Hartlaub's gull |
Southeast Atlantic |
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Larus heermanni |
Heermann's gull |
Eastern Pacific and Weste |
53 TL |
Larus hemprichii |
Sooty gull |
Indian Ocean and the Medi |
47 TL |
Larus hyperboreus |
Glaucous gull |
Northern Pacific and Atla |
77 TL |
Larus ichthyaetus |
Great black-headed gull |
Indo-West Pacific, Northe |
69 TL |
Larus leucophthalmus |
White-eyed gull |
Western Indian Ocean, Sou |
39 TL |
Larus livens |
Yellow-footed gull |
Eastern Central Pacific a |
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Larus maculipennis |
Brown-hooded gull |
Southeast Pacific and Sou |
38 TL |
Larus marinus |
Great black-backed gull |
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc |
79 TL |
Larus melanocephalus |
Mediterranean gull |
Indo-West Pacific, Easter |
43 TL |
Larus michahellis |
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Eastern Atlantic, Mediter |
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Larus modestus |
Gray gull |
Eastern Pacific and South |
46 TL |
Larus novaehollandiae |
Silver gull |
Indo-West Pacific and Sou |
43 TL |
Larus occidentalis |
Western gull |
Eastern Pacific and Weste |
68 TL |
Larus pacificus |
Pacific gull |
Indo-West Pacific |
66 TL |
Larus philadelphia |
Bonaparte's gull |
Western Central Atlantic |
36 TL |
Larus pipixcan |
Franklin's gull |
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc |
38 TL |
Larus relictus |
Relict gull |
Northwest Pacific and Nor |
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Larus ridibundus |
Common black-headed gull |
Indo-West Pacific and Atl |
43 TL |
Larus saundersi |
Saunder's gull |
Northwest Pacific, Northe |
33 TL |
Larus schistisagus |
Slaty-backed gull |
Northern Pacific, Norther |
68 TL |
Larus scopulinus |
Red-billed gull |
Southwest Pacific |
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Larus serranus |
Andean gull |
Eastern Pacific |
48 TL |
Larus thayeri |
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Northern Pacific, Norther |
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Leucophaeus scoresbii |
Dolphin gull |
Southeast Pacific and Sou |
46 TL |
Onychoprion aleuticus |
Aleutian tern |
Pacific Ocean. |
38 TL |
Onychoprion anaethetus |
Bridled tern |
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc |
38 TL |
Onychoprion fuscatus |
Sooty tern |
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc |
45 TL |
Onychoprion lunatus |
Gray-backed tern |
Indo-Pacific. |
38 TL |
Pagophila eburnea |
Ivory gull |
Northern Pacific, Atlanti |
46 TL |
Procelsterna albivitta |
Gray noddy |
Pacific Ocean. |
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Procelsterna cerulea |
Blue noddy |
Pacific Ocean. |
30 TL |
Rhodostethia rosea |
Ross's gull |
Northwest Atlantic and th |
32 TL |
Rissa brevirostris |
Red-legged kittiwake |
Northern Pacific and the |
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Rissa tridactyla |
Black-legged kittiwake |
Atlantic Ocean, Northern |
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Rynchops niger |
Black skimmer |
Eastern Central Pacific a |
45 TL |
Sterna acuticauda |
Black-bellied tern |
Indo-West Pacific |
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Sterna aurantia |
River tern |
Indo-West Pacific |
43 TL |
Sterna bergii |
Crested tern |
Indo-Pacific, Southeast A |
48 TL |
Sterna bernsteini |
Chinese crested tern |
Northwest Pacific |
38 TL |
Sterna dougallii |
Roseate tern |
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc |
43 TL |
Sterna forsteri |
Forster's tern |
Eastern Pacific and Atlan |
41 TL |
Sterna hirundinacea |
South American tern |
Southeast Pacific and Sou |
44 TL |
Sterna hirundo |
Common tern |
Worldwide. |
38 TL |
Sterna lorata |
Peruvian tern |
Southeast Pacific |
23 TL |
Sterna paradisaea |
Arctic tern |
Circumglobal. Tropical t |
38 TL |
Sterna repressa |
White-cheeked tern |
Indian Ocean and the Medi |
35 TL |
Sterna sandvicensis |
Sandwich tern |
Eastern Pacific, Indian O |
45 TL |
Sterna striata |
White-fronted tern |
Southwest Pacific |
43 TL |
Sterna sumatrana |
Black-naped tern |
Indo-Pacific and Southeas |
32 TL |
Sterna trudeaui |
Trudeau's tern |
Southeast Pacific and Sou |
35 TL |
Sterna virgata |
Kerguelen tern |
Antarctic Indian Ocean |
33 TL |
Sterna vittata |
Antarctic tern |
Southern Pacific, Souther |
41 TL |
Sternula albifrons |
Little tern |
Indo-West Pacific and the |
28 TL |
Sternula antillarum |
Least tern |
Eastern Pacific and Atlan |
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Sternula balaenarum |
Damara tern |
Southeast Atlantic and We |
23 TL |
Sternula nereis |
Fairy tern |
Indo-West Pacific |
27 TL |
Sternula saundersi |
Saunder's tern |
Indo-West Pacific, Northe |
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Sternula superciliaris |
Yellow-billed tern |
South America excluding C |
23 TL |
Thalasseus bengalensis |
Lesser crested tern |
Indo-West Pacific, Easter |
43 TL |
Thalasseus elegans |
Elegant tern |
Eastern Pacific. |
43 TL |
Thalasseus eurygnatha |
Cayenne tern |
Western Atlantic |
43 TL |
Thalasseus maximus |
Royal tern |
Atlantic Ocean, Eastern P |
53 TL |
Xema sabini |
Sabine's gull |
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc |
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