Laridae

IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Charadriiformes • Familia: Laridae

 Vernacular names

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Wikispecies has an entry on:

Laridae

Included genera (for IOC classification 2.9):

Anous, Chlidonias, Chroicocephalus, Creagrus, Gelochelidon, Gygis, Hydrocoloeus, Hydroprogne, Ichthyaetus, Larosterna, Larus, Leucophaeus, Onychoprion, Pagophila, Phaetusa, Procelsterna, Rhodostethia, Rissa, Rynchops, Sterna, Sternula, Thalasseus, Xema

Note: Genera Anous, Chlidonias, Gelochelidon, Gygis, Hydroprogne, Larosterna, Onychoprion, Phaetusa, Procelsterna, Sterna, Sternula were until very recently (IOC Version 2.2; late 2009) placed under Sternidae

• Note: the families Laridae, Rynchopidae & Sternidae have been transformed into subfamilies Larinae, Rynchopinae & Sterninae under Laridae.

• IOC link: Laridae in order Charadriiformes

• IUCN link: Laridae threatened species

Anous (cat.)

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  Anous minutus (cat.)
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  Anous stolidus (cat.)
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  Anous tenuirostris (cat.)

Chlidonias (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Chlidonias albostriatus (cat.)
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  Chlidonias hybrida (cat.)
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  Chlidonias leucopterus (cat.)
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  Chlidonias niger (cat.)

Chroicocephalus (cat.)

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  Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus (cat.)
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  Chroicocephalus bulleri (cat.)
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  Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus (cat.)
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  Chroicocephalus genei (cat.)
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  Chroicocephalus hartlaubii (cat.)
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  Chroicocephalus maculipennis (cat.)
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  Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae (cat.)
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  Chroicocephalus philadelphia (cat.)
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  Chroicocephalus ridibundus (cat.)
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  Chroicocephalus saundersi (cat.)
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  Chroicocephalus scopulinus (cat.)
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  Chroicocephalus serranus (cat.)

Creagrus (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Creagrus furcatus (cat.)

Gelochelidon (cat.)

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  Gelochelidon nilotica (cat.)

Gygis (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Gygis alba (cat.)

Hydrocoloeus (cat.)

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  Hydrocoloeus minutus (cat.)

Hydroprogne (cat.)

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  Hydroprogne caspia (cat.)

Ichthyaetus (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  English: Audouin's Gull

  Ichthyaetus audouinii (cat.)
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  English: Sooty Gull

  Ichthyaetus hemprichii (cat.)
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  English: Pallas's Gull

  Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus (cat.)
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  English: White-eyed Gull

  Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus (cat.)
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  English: Mediterranean Gull

  Ichthyaetus melanocephalus (cat.)
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  English: Relict Gull

  Ichthyaetus relictus (cat.)

Larosterna (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Larosterna inca (cat.)

Larus (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Larus argentatus (cat.)
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  Larus armenicus (cat.)
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  Larus atlanticus (cat.)
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  Larus belcheri (cat.)
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  Larus cachinnans (cat.)
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  Larus californicus (cat.)
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  Larus canus (cat.)
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  Larus crassirostris (cat.)
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  Larus delawarensis (cat.)
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  Larus dominicanus (cat.)
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  Larus fuscus (cat.)
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  Larus glaucescens (cat.)
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  Larus glaucoides (cat.)
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  Larus heermanni (cat.)
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  Larus hyperboreus (cat.)
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  Larus livens (cat.)
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  Larus marinus (cat.)
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  Larus michahellis (cat.)
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  Larus occidentalis (cat.)
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  Larus pacificus (cat.)
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  Larus schistisagus (cat.)
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  Larus smithsonianus (cat.)
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  Larus thayeri (cat.)
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  Larus vegae (cat.)

Leucophaeus (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  English: Laughing Gull

  Leucophaeus atricilla (cat.)
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  English: Lava Gull

  Leucophaeus fuliginosus (cat.)
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  English: Grey Gull

  Leucophaeus modestus (cat.)
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  English: Franklin's Gull

  Leucophaeus pipixcan (cat.)
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  English: Dolphin Gull

  Leucophaeus scoresbii (cat.)

Onychoprion (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Onychoprion leuticus (cat.)
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  Onychoprion anaethetus (cat.)
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  Onychoprion fuscatus (cat.)
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  Onychoprion lunatus (cat.)

Pagophila (cat.)

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  Pagophila eburnea (cat.)

Phaetusa (cat.)

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  Phaetusa simplex (cat.)

Procelsterna (cat.)

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  Procelsterna albivitta (cat.)
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  Procelsterna cerulea (cat.)

Rhodostethia (cat.)

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  Rhodostethia rosea (cat.)

Rissa (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Rissa brevirostris (cat.)
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  Rissa tridactyla (cat.)

Rynchops (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Rynchops albicollis (cat.)
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  Rynchops flavirostris (cat.)
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  Rynchops niger (cat.)

Sterna (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Sterna acuticauda (cat.)
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  Sterna aurantia (cat.)
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  Sterna dougallii (cat.)
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  Sterna forsteri (cat.)
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  Sterna hirundinacea (cat.)
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  Sterna hirundo (cat.)
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  Sterna paradisaea (cat.)
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  Sterna repressa (cat.)
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  Sterna striata (cat.)
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  Sterna sumatrana (cat.)
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  Sterna trudeaui (cat.)
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  Sterna virgata (cat.)
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  Sterna vittata (cat.)

Sternula (cat.)

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  Sternula albifrons (cat.)
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  Sternula antillarum (cat.)
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  Sternula balaenarum (cat.)
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  Sternula lorata (cat.)
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  Sternula nereis (cat.)
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  Sternula saundersi (cat.)
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  Sternula superciliaris (cat.)

Thalasseus (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Thalasseus acuflavidus (cat.)
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  Thalasseus bengalensis (cat.)
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  Thalasseus bergii (cat.)
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  Thalasseus bernsteini (cat.)
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  Thalasseus elegans (cat.)
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  Thalasseus maximus (cat.)
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  Thalasseus sandvicensis (cat.)

Xema (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  English: Sabine's Gull

  Xema sabini (cat.)

See also

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  Deutsch: Flugbilder von Möven

  English: Gulls in flight

  Laridae in flight (cat.)