Gulls, terns, and skimmers List of birds of Hawaii

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white tern


order: charadriiformes   family: laridae


laridae family of medium large seabirds , includes gulls, terns, , skimmers. gulls typically gray or white, black markings on head or wings. have stout, longish bills , webbed feet. terns group of medium large seabirds typically grey or white plumage, black markings on head. terns hunt fish diving pick insects off surface of fresh water. terns long-lived birds, several species known live in excess of 30 years.



black-legged kittiwake, rissa tridactyla (v) lc
bonaparte s gull, chroicocephalus philadelphia (v) lc
black-headed gull, chroicocephalus ridibundus (v) lc
laughing gull, leucophaeus atricilla lc
franklin s gull, leucophaeus pipixcan lc
mew gull, larus canus (v) lc
ring-billed gull, larus delawarensis lc
western gull, larus occidentalis (v) lc
california gull, larus californicus (v) lc
herring gull, larus argentatus lc
lesser black-backed gull, larus fuscus (v) lc
slaty-backed gull, larus schistisagus (v) lc
glaucous-winged gull, larus glaucescens lc
glaucous gull, larus hyperboreus (v) lc
brown noddy, anous stolidus lc
(hawaiian) black noddy, anous minutus melanogenys lc
blue-gray noddy, anous ceruleus lc
white tern, gygis alba lc
sooty tern, onychoprion fuscatus lc
gray-backed tern, onychoprion lunatus lc
bridled tern, onychoprion anaethetus (v) lc
little tern, sternula albifrons lc)
least tern, sternula antillarum lc
gull-billed tern, gelochelidon nilotica (v) lc
caspian tern, hydroprogne caspia (v) lc
black tern, chlidonias niger (v) lc
white-winged tern, chlidonias leucopterus (v) lc
whiskered tern, chlidonias hybrida (v) lc
common tern, sterna hirundo (v) lc
arctic tern, sterna paradisaea lc
great crested tern, thalasseus bergii (v) lc
sandwich tern, thalasseus sandvicensis (v) lc
elegant tern, thalasseus elegans (v) nt






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