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Gulls / Terns

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- Kingdom - Animals - Animalia
  - Phylum - Vertebrates - Craniata
    - Class - Birds - Aves
      - Order - Shorebirds - Charadriiformes
        
        Family - Gulls / Terns - Laridae
        
        Species
        
        American Herring Gull
        Larus smithsonianus
        Native Species
        
        Arctic Tern
        Sterna paradisaea
        Native Species
        
        Black Tern
        Chlidonias niger
        Species of Concern
        Native Species
        
        Black-legged Kittiwake
        Rissa tridactyla
        Native Species
        Accidental Species
        
        Bonaparte's Gull
        Chroicocephalus philadelphia
        Native Species
        
        California Gull
        Larus californicus
        Native Species
        
        Caspian Tern
        Hydroprogne caspia
        Species of Concern
        Native Species
        
        Common Tern
        Sterna hirundo
        Species of Concern
        Native Species
        
        Forster's Tern
        Sterna forsteri
        Species of Concern
        Native Species
        
        Franklin's Gull
        Leucophaeus pipixcan
        Species of Concern
        Native Species
        
        Glaucous Gull
        Larus hyperboreus
        Native Species
        
        Glaucous-winged Gull
        Larus glaucescens
        Native Species
        Accidental Species
        
        Great Black-backed Gull
        Larus marinus
        Native Species
        Accidental Species
        
        Heermann's Gull
        Larus heermanni
        Native Species
        Accidental Species
        
        Iceland Gull
        Larus glaucoides
        Native Species
        
        Ivory Gull
        Pagophila eburnea
        Native Species
        Accidental Species
        
        Laughing Gull
        Leucophaeus atricilla
        Native Species
        Accidental Species
        
        Least Tern
        Sternula antillarum
        Species of Concern
        Native Species
        
        Lesser Black-backed Gull
        Larus fuscus
        Native Species
        Accidental Species
        
        Little Gull
        Hydrocoloeus minutus
        Native Species
        Accidental Species
        
        Ring-billed Gull
        Larus delawarensis
        Native Species
        
        Ross's Gull
        Rhodostethia rosea
        Native Species
        Accidental Species
        
        Sabine's Gull
        Xema sabini
        Native Species
        
        Short-billed Gull
        Larus brachyrhynchus
        
        Other Names: Mew Gull Larus canus
        Native Species
        
        Western Gull
        Larus occidentalis
        Native Species
        Accidental Species

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