GULLS, TERNS AND SKIMMERS

GULLS, TERNS AND SKIMMERS TAXONOMY

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Laughing gull juvenile, Aransas Bay, Texas, by Jodi Arsenault

BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE – (Rissa tridactyla) – Canada, PEI; USA, Hawaii
IVORY GULL – (Pagophila eburnea) – Canada, PEI
SABINE’S GULL (Xema sabini) – Canada, PEI
RED-BILLED GULL (Chroicocephalus scopulinus) – New Zealand
BLACK-BILLED GULL (Chroicocephalus buller) – New Zealand
BONAPARTE’S GULL – (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) – Canada, PEI; USA, Hawaii
BLACK-HEADED GULL (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) – Japan; Spain; Canada, PEI; USA, Hawaii
LITTLE GULL (Hydrocoloeus minutus) – Canada, PEI
LAUGHING GULL – (Leucophaeus atricilla) – USA, Texas; Hawaii; Canada, PEI
BLACK-TAILED GULL – (Larus crassirostris) – Japan
HEERMANN’S GULL – (Larus heermanni) – USA, California
MEW GULL (Larus canus) – Canada, PEI; USA, Hawaii
RING-BILLED GULL (Larus delawarensis) – Canada, PEI; USA, Hawaii
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (Larus marinus) – Canada, PEI; USA, Hawaii
SOUTHERN BLACK-BACKED GULL (Larus dominicanus) – New Zealand
WESTERN GULL – (Larus occidentalis) – USA, California; Hawaii
GLAUCOUS GULL – (Larus hyperboreus) – Canada, PEI; USA, Hawaii
ICELAND GULL – (Larus glaucoides) – Canada, PEI
HERRING GULL (Larus smithsonianus) – Canada, PEI; USA, Hawaii
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL – (Larus fuscus) – Canada, PEI; USA, Hawaii
CASPIAN TERN – (Hydroprogne caspia) – Canada, PEI; USA, Hawaii
ROYAL TERN – (Thalasseus maximus) – USA, Florida; Canada, PEI
ELEGANT TERN – (Thalasseus elegans) – USA, California; Hawaii
COMMON TERN – (Sterna hirundo) – Spain; Canada, PEI; USA, Hawaii
ARCTIC TERN – (Sterna paradisaea) – Iceland; Canada, PEI
BLACK TERN (Chlidonias niger) – Canada, PEI; USA, Hawaii
BLACK SKIMMER – (Rynchops niger) – Canada, PEI