Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Laridae
Laridae is a family of seabirds in the order Charadriiformes that includes the gulls, terns (including white terns), noddies, and skimmers. It includes 105 species arranged into 23 genera. They are an adaptable group of mostly aerial birds found worldwide.
5 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 105 known species
Gulls
subfamilyLarinae
True Terns
subfamilySterninae
Skimmers
subfamilyRynchopinae
Noddies
subfamilyAnoinae
White Terns
subfamilyGyginae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 4342.