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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- 71 3 24 44 8 1 Dolphin Gull (Leucophaeus scoresbii)
- 31 1 13 17 8 2 Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus)
- 41 1 25 15 8 3 Belcher's Gull (Larus belcheri)
- 12 8 4 4 4 Olrog's Gull (Larus atlanticus)
- 44 1 16 27 8 5 Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris)
- 33 11 22 8 6 Grey Gull (Larus modestus)
- 23 13 10 6 7 Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni)
- 10 1 9 6 8 White-eyed Gull (Larus leucophthalmus)
- 13 6 7 8 9 Sooty Gull (Larus hemprichii)
- 54 3 24 27 8 10 Mew Gull (Larus canus)
- 33 2 19 12 6 11 Audouin's Gull (Larus audouinii)
- 116 1 78 37 8 12 Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
- 11 1 8 2 8 13 California Gull (Larus californicus)
- 53 1 26 26 8 14 Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
- 113 1 54 58 8 15 Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)
- 39 1 17 21 8 16 Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
- 29 15 14 8 17 Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
- 1 1 8 18 Yellow-footed Gull (Larus livens)
- 68 2 42 24 8 19 Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
- 32 23 9 8 20 Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
- 7 2 5 8 21 Thayer's Gull (Larus thayeri)
- 120 2 66 52 8 22 Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
- 198 4 142 52 8 23 Yellow-legged Gull (Larus cachinnans)
- 7 7 8 24 Armenian Gull (Larus armenicus)
- 56 3 17 36 8 25 Slaty-backed Gull (Larus schistisagus)
- 122 2 78 42 8 26 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
- 19 7 12 8 27 Great Black-headed Gull (Larus ichthyaetus)
- 31 18 13 8 28 Brown-headed Gull (Larus brunnicephalus)
- 42 1 19 22 8 29 Grey-headed Gull (Larus cirrocephalus)
- 17 11 6 8 30 Hartlaub's Gull (Larus hartlaubii)
- 70 4 43 23 8 31 Silver Gull (Larus novaehollandiae)
- 21 16 5 8 32 Red-billed Gull (Larus scopulinus)
- 17 13 4 3 33 Black-billed Gull (Larus bulleri)
- 26 2 10 14 8 34 Brown-hooded Gull (Larus maculipennis)
- 246 2 144 100 8 35 Common Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)
- 35 21 14 8 36 Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei)
- 12 6 6 8 37 Bonaparte's Gull (Larus philadelphia)
- 15 6 9 4 38 Saunders' Gull (Larus saundersi)
- 32 1 13 18 8 39 Andean Gull (Larus serranus)
- 34 2 12 20 8 40 Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
- 4 3 1 4 41 Relict Gull (Larus relictus)
- 10 1 9 4 42 Lava Gull (Larus fuliginosus)
- 74 2 32 40 8 43 Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla)
- 33 22 11 8 44 Franklin's Gull (Larus pipixcan)
- 23 5 18 8 45 Little Gull (Larus minutus)
- 22 17 5 6 46 Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea)
- 24 1 10 13 8 47 Ross's Gull (Rhodostethia rosea)
- 17 1 8 8 8 48 Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini)
- 24 8 16 8 49 Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus)
- 79 1 38 40 8 50 Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
- 6 2 4 4 51 Red-legged Kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris)
Family statistics
7 genera, 51 species
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| 7 genera | (100%) |
| 51 species | (100%) |
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