Charadriiformes
Gulls (Laridae)
HBW 3, p. 572
- Fairly small to large, heavy-bodied, long-winged seabirds, with stout bill, webbed feet and generally rounded tail; most species white below with pale grey to black back and wings, some with dark hood when breeding.
- Cosmopolitan.
- Mainly coastal, but also inland in wide variety of habitats, typically near water.
- 7 genera, 51 species, 78 taxa.
- 6 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.
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List of species:
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- 76 3 30 43 8 1 Dolphin Gull (Leucophaeus scoresbii)
- 42 2 20 20 8 2 Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus)
- 49 1 28 20 8 3 Belcher's Gull (Larus belcheri)
- 14 9 5 4 4 Olrog's Gull (Larus atlanticus)
- 55 1 25 29 8 5 Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris)
- 45 1 17 27 8 6 Grey Gull (Larus modestus)
- 55 32 23 6 7 Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni)
- 15 4 11 6 8 White-eyed Gull (Larus leucophthalmus)
- 25 18 7 8 9 Sooty Gull (Larus hemprichii)
- 97 6 44 47 8 10 Mew Gull (Larus canus)
- 46 2 27 17 6 11 Audouin's Gull (Larus audouinii)
- 151 2 105 44 8 12 Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
- 33 3 14 16 8 13 California Gull (Larus californicus)
- 81 1 49 31 8 14 Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
- 213 9 104 100 8 15 Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)
- 71 5 24 42 8 16 Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
- 53 1 27 25 8 17 Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
- 4 1 3 8 18 Yellow-footed Gull (Larus livens)
- 100 4 58 38 8 19 Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
- 49 1 29 19 8 20 Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
- 10 5 5 8 21 Thayer's Gull (Larus thayeri)
- 196 2 115 79 8 22 Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
- 248 4 167 77 8 23 Yellow-legged Gull (Larus cachinnans)
- 9 7 2 8 24 Armenian Gull (Larus armenicus)
- 67 3 28 36 8 25 Slaty-backed Gull (Larus schistisagus)
- 157 2 95 60 8 26 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
- 26 11 15 8 27 Great Black-headed Gull (Larus ichthyaetus)
- 51 38 13 8 28 Brown-headed Gull (Larus brunnicephalus)
- 55 1 27 27 8 29 Grey-headed Gull (Larus cirrocephalus)
- 22 1 14 7 8 30 Hartlaub's Gull (Larus hartlaubii)
- 82 5 53 24 8 31 Silver Gull (Larus novaehollandiae)
- 85 10 25 50 8 32 Red-billed Gull (Larus scopulinus)
- 33 1 17 15 3 33 Black-billed Gull (Larus bulleri)
- 40 1 19 20 8 34 Brown-hooded Gull (Larus maculipennis)
- 329 5 199 125 8 35 Common Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)
- 52 33 19 8 36 Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei)
- 19 8 11 8 37 Bonaparte's Gull (Larus philadelphia)
- 18 9 9 4 38 Saunders's Gull (Larus saundersi)
- 51 1 28 22 8 39 Andean Gull (Larus serranus)
- 44 3 19 22 8 40 Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
- 5 4 1 4 41 Relict Gull (Larus relictus)
- 17 6 11 4 42 Lava Gull (Larus fuliginosus)
- 119 3 73 43 8 43 Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla)
- 52 2 31 19 8 44 Franklin's Gull (Larus pipixcan)
- 26 8 18 8 45 Little Gull (Larus minutus)
- 29 22 7 6 46 Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea)
- 25 1 11 13 8 47 Ross's Gull (Rhodostethia rosea)
- 20 1 11 8 8 48 Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini)
- 38 12 26 8 49 Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus)
- 97 1 53 43 8 50 Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
- 9 5 4 4 51 Red-legged Kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris)
Family statistics
7 genera, 51 species
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| 51 species | (100%) |
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