List of Laridae species

The avian family Laridae comprise the noddies, skimmers, kittiwakes, gulls, and terns. The International Ornithological Congress (IOC) recognizes these 102 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 name	Binomial name	IOC sequence
Brown noddy	Anous stolidus	1
Lesser noddy	Anous tenuirostris	2
Black noddy	Anous minutus	3
Blue noddy	Anous ceruleus	4
Grey noddy	Anous albivitta	5
White tern	Gygis alba	6
Black skimmer	Rynchops niger	7
African skimmer	Rynchops flavirostris	8
Indian skimmer	Rynchops albicollis	9
Swallow-tailed gull	Creagrus furcatus	10
Black-legged kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla	11
Red-legged kittiwake	Rissa brevirostris	12
Ivory gull	Pagophila eburnea	13
Sabine's gull	Xema sabini	14
Slender-billed gull	Chroicocephalus genei	15
Bonaparte's gull	Chroicocephalus philadelphia	16
Silver gull	Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae	17
Black-billed gull	Chroicocephalus bulleri	18
Andean gull	Chroicocephalus serranus	19
Brown-headed gull	Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus	20
Brown-hooded gull	Chroicocephalus maculipennis	21
Black-headed gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	22
Grey-headed gull	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	23
Hartlaub's gull	Chroicocephalus hartlaubii	24
Saunders's gull	Chroicocephalus saundersi	25
Little gull	Hydrocoloeus minutus	26
Ross's gull	Rhodostethia rosea	27
Dolphin gull	Leucophaeus scoresbii	28
Lava gull	Leucophaeus fuliginosus	29
Laughing gull	Leucophaeus atricilla	30
Franklin's gull	Leucophaeus pipixcan	31
Grey gull	Leucophaeus modestus	32
Relict gull	Ichthyaetus relictus	33
Audouin's gull	Ichthyaetus audouinii	34
Mediterranean gull	Ichthyaetus melanocephalus	35
Pallas's gull	Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus	36
White-eyed gull	Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus	37
Sooty gull	Ichthyaetus hemprichii	38
Pacific gull	Larus pacificus	39
Belcher's gull	Larus belcheri	40
Olrog's gull	Larus atlanticus	41
Black-tailed gull	Larus crassirostris	42
Heermann's gull	Larus heermanni	43
Mew gull	Larus canus	44
Ring-billed gull	Larus delawarensis	45
California gull	Larus californicus	46
Great black-backed gull	Larus marinus	47
Kelp gull	Larus dominicanus	48
Glaucous-winged gull	Larus glaucescens	49
Western gull	Larus occidentalis	50
Yellow-footed gull	Larus livens	51
Glaucous gull	Larus hyperboreus	52
Iceland gull	Larus glaucoides	53
European herring gull	Larus argentatus	54
American herring gull	Larus smithsonianus	55
Vega gull	Larus vegae	56
Caspian gull	Larus cachinnans	57
Yellow-legged gull	Larus michahellis	58
Armenian gull	Larus armenicus	59
Slaty-backed gull	Larus schistisagus	60
Lesser black-backed gull	Larus fuscus	61
Gull-billed tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	62
Australian tern	Gelochelidon macrotarsa	63
Caspian tern	Hydroprogne caspia	64
Royal tern	Thalasseus maximus	65
Greater crested tern	Thalasseus bergii	66
Lesser crested tern	Thalasseus bengalensis	67
West African crested tern	Thalasseus albididorsalis	68
Chinese crested tern	Thalasseus bernsteini	69
Sandwich tern	Thalasseus sandvicensis	70
Cabot's tern	Thalasseus acuflavidus	71
Elegant tern	Thalasseus elegans	72
Little tern	Sternula albifrons	73
Saunders's tern	Sternula saundersi	74
Least tern	Sternula antillarum	75
Yellow-billed tern	Sternula superciliaris	76
Peruvian tern	Sternula lorata	77
Fairy tern	Sternula nereis	78
Damara tern	Sternula balaenarum	79
Aleutian tern	Onychoprion aleuticus	80
Spectacled tern	Onychoprion lunatus	81
Bridled tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	82
Sooty tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	83
River tern	Sterna aurantia	84
Roseate tern	Sterna dougallii	85
White-fronted tern	Sterna striata	86
Black-naped tern	Sterna sumatrana	87
South American tern	Sterna hirundinacea	88
Common tern	Sterna hirundo	89
White-cheeked tern	Sterna repressa	90
Arctic tern	Sterna paradisaea	91
Antarctic tern	Sterna vittata	92
Kerguelen tern	Sterna virgata	93
Forster's tern	Sterna forsteri	94
Snowy-crowned tern	Sterna trudeaui	95
Black-bellied tern	Sterna acuticauda	96
Black-fronted tern	Chlidonias albostriatus	97
Whiskered tern	Chlidonias hybrida	98
White-winged tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	99
Black tern	Chlidonias niger	100
Large-billed tern	Phaetusa simplex	101
Inca tern	Larosterna inca	102

References

Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (January 2021). "IOC World Bird List (v 11.1)". Retrieved January 14, 2021.

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[IOC11.1-1] Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (January 2021). "IOC World Bird List (v 11.1)". Retrieved January 14, 2021.