Family Laridae
(gulls, terns, and skimmers)

Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

• Parent taxa
  
  
  
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  Order Charadriiformes (shorebirds and relatives)
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  Family Laridae (gulls, terns, and skimmers)
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  Subfamily Larinae
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  Genus Creagrus
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  Genus Larus (gulls)
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  Genus Leucophaeus
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  Genus Pagophila
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  Genus Rhodostethia
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  Genus Rissa
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  Genus Xema
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  Subfamily Rhynchopinae
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  Genus Rynchops (skimmers)
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  Subfamily Sterninae
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  Genus Anous (noddys)
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  Genus Chlidonias (black terns)
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  Genus Gygis (white terns)
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  Genus Larosterna
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  Genus Phaetusa
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  Genus Procelsterna (blue-gray noddys)
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  Genus Sterna (typical terns)