Gulls, Terns & Skimmers

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers are medium to large seabirds with grey, white and black plumage.

Characteristics: Webbed feet and strong bills.

Many are opportunistic and adaptable feeders.

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Laridae

Given below is a list of Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers.

Serial no.	Common name	Binomial name	Status
1.	Kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla	A – breeding summer visitor and resident species
2.	Ivory gull	Pagophila eburnea	A – rare vagrant
3.	Sabine’s gull	Xema sabini	A – scarce winter visitor
4.	Slender-billed gull	Chroicocephalus genei	A – rare vagrant
5.	Bonaparte’s gull	Chroicocephalus philadelphia	A – rare vagrant
6.	Black-headed gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus)	A – resident breeding species
7.	Little gull	Hydrocoloeus minutus	A – winter visitor, occasional breeder
8.	Ross’s gull	Rhodostethia rosea	A – rare vagrant
9.	Laughing gull	Leucophaeus atricilla	A – rare vagrant
10.	Franklin’s gull	Leucophaeus pipixcan	A – rare vagrant
11.	Audouin’s gull	Ichthyaetus audouinii	A – rare vagrant
12.	Mediterranean gull	Ichthyaetus melanocephalus	A – breeding summer visitor, and resident in south.
13.	Great black-headed gull	Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus	B – rare vagrant
14.	Common gull	Larus canus	A – resident breeding species, winter visitor and passage migrant
15.	Ring-billed gull	Larus delawarensis	A – scarce winter visitor and passage migrant
16.	Great black-backed gull	Larus marinus	A – resident breeding species and passage migrant
17.	Kelp gull	Larus dominicanus	A – rare vagrant; first recorded 2022
18.	Glaucous-winged gull	Larus glaucescens	A – rare vagrant
19.	Glaucous gull	Larus hyperboreus	A – winter visitor; has bred
20.	Iceland gull	Larus glaucoides	A – scarce winter visitor
21.	European herring gull	Larus argentatus	A – resident breeding species
22.	American herring gull	Larus smithsonianus	A – rare vagrant
23.	Caspian gull	Larus cachinnans	A – scarce migrant
24.	Yellow-legged gull	Larus michahellis	A – non-breeding late-summer visitor and passage migrant; has bred
25.	Slaty-backed gull	Larus schistisagus	A – rare vagrant
26.	Lesser black-backed gull	Larus fuscus	A – resident breeding species and passage migrant
27.	Gull-billed tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	A – rare vagrant; has bred
28.	Caspian tern	Hydroprogne caspia	A – rare vagrant
29.	Royal tern	Thalasseus maximus	A – rare vagrant
30.	Lesser crested tern	Thalasseus bengalensis	A – rare vagrant
31.	Sandwich tern	Thalasseus sandvicensis	A – breeding summer visitor
32.	Cabot’s tern	Thalasseus acuflavida	A – rare vagrant
33.	Elegant tern	Thalasseus elegans	A – rare vagrant
34.	Little tern	Sternula albifrons	A – breeding summer visitor
35.	Aleutian tern	Onychoprion aleutica	A – rare vagrant
36.	Bridled tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	A – rare vagrant
37.	Sooty tern	Onychoprion fuscata	A – rare vagrant
38.	Roseate tern	Sterna dougallii	A – rare vagrant
39.	Common tern	Sterna hirundo	A – breeding summer visitor
40.	Arctic tern	Sterna paradisaea	A – breeding summer visitor
41.	Forster’s tern	Sterna forsteri	A – rare vagrant
42.	Whiskered tern	Chlidonias hybridus	A – rare vagrant
43.	White-winged black tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	A – scarce migrant
44.	Black tern	Chlidonias niger	A – passage migrant, occasional breeder

List of birds of Great Britain

List of British Birds: List of British Birds provides an insight into the various types of birds that are found all over Great Britain. There are a total of 634 species of birds found in Great Britain as of 13th February 2024. The bird list in Britain is managed by the British Records Committee. In this article, we have provided the list of birds, their common and binomial names and their status. The list covers a list of British birds like Ducks, Geese and Allies, Nightjars, Swifts, Cuckoos, Bustards, Cranes, Grebes, Oystercatchers, Skuas, Gulls, Terns, Skimmers, Stilts and Avocets, Albatrosses name a few.

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