Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Anous minutus	Black noddy	Indo-Pacific and Atlantic	39 TL	1844
Anous minutus tenuirostris		Western Indian Ocean	34 TL	1844
Anous stolidus	Brown noddy	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic an	45 TL	1758
Anous tenuirostris	Lesser noddy	Atlantic and Indo-West Pa	32 TL	1836
Chlidonias albostriatus	Black-fronted tern	Southwest Pacific		1845
Chlidonias hybrida	Whiskered tern	Indo-West Pacific, Atlant	26 TL	1811
Chlidonias leucopterus	White-winged tern	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	24 TL	1815
Chlidonias niger	Black tern	Pacific Ocean, Atlantic O	24 TL	1758
Chroicocephalus saundersi		Northwest Pacific		1871
Creagrus furcatus	Swallow-tailed gull	Southeast Pacific. From C	57 TL	1846
Gelochelidon nilotica	Gull-billed tern	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	43 TL	1789
Gygis alba	White tern	Indo-Pacific and Atlantic	33 TL	1786
Gygis microrhyncha	Lesser white tern	Eastern Pacific		1876
Hydrocoloeus minutus	Little gull	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	30 TL	1776
Hydroprogne caspia	Caspian tern	Atlantic, Indo-Pacific an	59 TL	1770
Ichthyaetus hemprichii		Western Indian Ocean; Om		1855
Larosterna inca	Inca tern	Eastern Pacific and Weste	42 TL	1827
Larus argentatus	Herring gull	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	66 TL	1763
Larus armenicus	Armenian gull	Indo-West Pacific, Northe		1934
Larus atlanticus	Olrog's gull	Southwest Atlantic. Trop		1958
Larus atricilla	Laughing gull	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	43 TL	1758
Larus audouinii	Audouin's gull	Mediterranean. Stray in	52 TL	1826
Larus belcheri	Band-tailed gull	Eastern Pacific and Weste	51 TL	1829
Larus brunnicephalus	Brown-headed gull	Indo-West Pacific and Asi	43 TL	1840
Larus bulleri	Black-billed gull	Southwest Pacific	38 TL	1871
Larus cachinnans	Yellow-legged gull	Antarctic, Northeast Atla		1811
Larus californicus	California gull	Eastern Pacific, Western	58 TL	1854
Larus canus	Common gull	Pacific Ocean, Atlantic O	46 TL	1758
Larus cirrocephalus	Grey-headed gull	Western Indian Ocean, Eas	43 TL	1818
Larus crassirostris	Black-tailed gull	Indo-Pacific and Atlantic	48 TL	1818
Larus cucullatus	Hooded merganser	Northeast and Eastern cen		1758
Larus delawarensis	Ring-billed gull	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	53 TL	1815
Larus dominicanus	Kelp gull	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	58 TL	1823
Larus fuliginosus	Lava gull	Southeast Pacific	53 TL	1841
Larus fuscus	Lesser black-backed gull	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	61 TL	1758
Larus genei	Slender-billed gull	Indo-West Pacific, Easter	46 TL	1839
Larus glaucescens	Glaucous-winged gull	Pacific Ocean and Atlanti	70 TL	1840
Larus glaucoides	Iceland gull	Northern Pacific, Norther	64 TL	1822
Larus glaucoides thayeri	Thayer's gull	Northwest Pacific		1915
Larus hartlaubii	Hartlaub's gull	Southeast Atlantic		1853
Larus heermanni	Heermann's gull	Eastern Pacific and Weste	53 TL	1852
Larus hemprichii	Sooty gull	Indian Ocean and the Medi	47 TL	1853
Larus hyperboreus	Glaucous gull	Northern Pacific and Atla	77 TL	1767
Larus ichthyaetus	Great black-headed gull	Indo-West Pacific, Northe	69 TL	1773
Larus leucophthalmus	White-eyed gull	Western Indian Ocean, Sou	39 TL	1825
Larus livens	Yellow-footed gull	Eastern Central Pacific a		1919
Larus maculipennis	Brown-hooded gull	Southeast Pacific and Sou	38 TL	1823
Larus marinus	Great black-backed gull	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	79 TL	1758
Larus melanocephalus	Mediterranean gull	Indo-West Pacific, Easter	43 TL	1820
Larus michahellis		Eastern Atlantic, Mediter		1840
Larus modestus	Gray gull	Eastern Pacific and South	46 TL	1843
Larus novaehollandiae	Silver gull	Indo-West Pacific and Sou	43 TL	1826
Larus occidentalis	Western gull	Eastern Pacific and Weste	68 TL	1839
Larus pacificus	Pacific gull	Indo-West Pacific	66 TL	1802
Larus philadelphia	Bonaparte's gull	Western Central Atlantic	36 TL	1815
Larus pipixcan	Franklin's gull	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	38 TL	1831
Larus relictus	Relict gull	Northwest Pacific and Nor		1931
Larus ridibundus	Common black-headed gull	Indo-West Pacific and Atl	43 TL	1766
Larus saundersi	Saunder's gull	Northwest Pacific, Northe	33 TL	1871
Larus schistisagus	Slaty-backed gull	Northern Pacific, Norther	68 TL	1884
Larus scopulinus	Red-billed gull	Southwest Pacific		1844
Larus serranus	Andean gull	Eastern Pacific	48 TL	1844
Larus smithsonianus		Northwest Pacific		1862
Larus thayeri		Northern Pacific, Norther		1915
Leucophaeus scoresbii	Dolphin gull	Southeast Pacific and Sou	46 TL	1823
Onychoprion aleuticus	Aleutian tern	Pacific Ocean.	38 TL	1869
Onychoprion anaethetus	Bridled tern	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	38 TL	1786
Onychoprion fuscatus	Sooty tern	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	45 TL	1766
Onychoprion lunatus	Gray-backed tern	Indo-Pacific.	38 TL	1848
Pagophila eburnea	Ivory gull	Northern Pacific, Atlanti	46 TL	1774
Phaetusa simplex	Large-billed tern	Western Atlantic	37 TL	1789
Procelsterna albivitta	Gray noddy	Pacific Ocean.		1856
Procelsterna cerulea	Blue noddy	Pacific Ocean.	30 TL	1840
Rhodostethia rosea	Ross's gull	Northwest Atlantic and th	32 TL	1824
Rissa brevirostris	Red-legged kittiwake	Northern Pacific and the		1853
Rissa tridactyla	Black-legged kittiwake	Atlantic Ocean, Northern		1758
Rynchops niger	Black skimmer	Eastern Central Pacific a	45 TL	1758
Sterna acuticauda	Black-bellied tern	Indo-West Pacific		1831
Sterna aurantia	River tern	Indo-West Pacific	43 TL	1831
Sterna bengalensis	Lesser crested tern	Indo-West Pacific, Easter	43 TL	1831
Sterna bergii	Crested tern	Indo-Pacific, Southeast A	48 TL	1823
Sterna bernsteini	Chinese crested tern	Northwest Pacific	38 TL	1863
Sterna dougallii	Roseate tern	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	43 TL	1813
Sterna elegans	Elegant tern	Eastern Pacific.	43 TL	1849
Sterna forsteri	Forster's tern	Eastern Pacific and Atlan	41 TL	1834
Sterna hirundinacea	South American tern	Southeast Pacific and Sou	44 TL	1831
Sterna hirundo	Common tern	Worldwide.	38 TL	1758
Sterna lorata	Peruvian tern	Southeast Pacific	23 TL	1861
Sterna maxima	Royal tern	Atlantic Ocean, Eastern P	53 TL	1783
Sterna paradisaea	Arctic tern	Circumglobal. Tropical t	38 TL	1763
Sterna repressa	White-cheeked tern	Indian Ocean and the Medi	35 TL	1916
Sterna sandvicensis	Sandwich tern	Eastern Pacific, Indian O	45 TL	1787
Sterna striata	White-fronted tern	Southwest Pacific	43 TL	1789
Sterna sumatrana	Black-naped tern	Indo-Pacific and Southeas	32 TL	1822
Sterna trudeaui	Trudeau's tern	Southeast Pacific and Sou	35 TL	1838
Sterna virgata	Kerguelen tern	Antarctic Indian Ocean	33 TL	1875
Sterna vittata	Antarctic tern	Southern Pacific, Souther	41 TL	1789
Sternula albifrons	Little tern	Indo-West Pacific and the	28 TL	1764
Sternula antillarum	Least tern	Eastern Pacific and Atlan		1847
Sternula balaenarum	Damara tern	Southeast Atlantic and We	23 TL	1852
Sternula nereis	Fairy tern	Indo-West Pacific	27 TL	1843
Sternula saundersi	Saunder's tern	Indo-West Pacific, Northe		1877
Sternula superciliaris	Yellow-billed tern	South America excluding C	23 TL	1819
Xema sabini	Sabine's gull	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc		1819

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Family: Laridae (See list of species below)

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