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This list is based on the IOC WorldBirdNames classification ver 2.10 (2011)

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1. Brown Noddy   Anous stolidus
2. Lesser Noddy   Anous tenuirostris
3. Black Noddy   Anous minutus
4. Blue Noddy   Procelsterna cerulea
5. Grey Noddy   Procelsterna albivitta
6. White Tern   Gygis alba
7. Black Skimmer   Rynchops niger
8. African Skimmer   Rynchops flavirostris
9. Indian Skimmer   Rynchops albicollis
10. Swallow-tailed Gull   Creagrus furcatus
11. Black-legged Kittiwake   Rissa tridactyla
12. Red-legged Kittiwake   Rissa brevirostris
13. Ivory Gull   Pagophila eburnea
14. Sabine’s Gull   Xema sabini
15. Slender-billed Gull   Chroicocephalus genei
16. Bonaparte’s Gull   Chroicocephalus philadelphia
17. Red-billed Gull   Chroicocephalus scopulinus
18. Silver Gull   Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
19. Black-billed Gull   Chroicocephalus bulleri
20. Andean Gull   Chroicocephalus serranus
21. Brown-headed Gull   Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
22. Brown-hooded Gull   Chroicocephalus maculipennis
23. Black-headed Gull   Chroicocephalus ridibundus
24. Grey-headed Gull   Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
25. Hartlaub’s Gull   Chroicocephalus hartlaubii
26. Saunders’s Gull   Chroicocephalus saundersi
27. Little Gull   Hydrocoloeus minutus
28. Ross’s Gull   Rhodostethia rosea
29. Dolphin Gull   Leucophaeus scoresbii
30. Lava Gull   Leucophaeus fuliginosus
31. Laughing Gull   Leucophaeus atricilla
32. Franklin’s Gull   Leucophaeus pipixcan
33. Grey Gull   Leucophaeus modestus
34. Relict Gull   Ichthyaetus relictus
35. Audouin’s Gull   Ichthyaetus audouinii
36. Mediterranean Gull   Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
37. Pallas’s Gull   Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
38. White-eyed Gull   Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus
39. Sooty Gull   Ichthyaetus hemprichii
40. Pacific Gull   Larus pacificus
41. Belcher’s Gull   Larus belcheri
42. Olrog’s Gull   Larus atlanticus
43. Black-tailed Gull   Larus crassirostris
44. Heermann’s Gull   Larus heermanni
45. Mew Gull   Larus canus
46. Ring-billed Gull   Larus delawarensis
47. California Gull   Larus californicus
48. Great Black-backed Gull   Larus marinus
49. Kelp Gull   Larus dominicanus
50. Glaucous-winged Gull   Larus glaucescens
51. Western Gull   Larus occidentalis
52. Yellow-footed Gull   Larus livens
53. Glaucous Gull   Larus hyperboreus
54. Iceland Gull   Larus glaucoides
55. Thayer’s Gull   Larus thayeri
56. European Herring Gull   Larus argentatus
57. American Herring Gull   Larus smithsonianus
58. Vega Gull   Larus vegae
59. Caspian Gull   Larus cachinnans
60. Yellow-legged Gull   Larus michahellis
61. Armenian Gull   Larus armenicus
62. Slaty-backed Gull   Larus schistisagus
63. Lesser Black-backed Gull   Larus fuscus
64. Gull-billed Tern   Gelochelidon nilotica
65. Caspian Tern   Hydroprogne caspia
66. Royal Tern   Thalasseus maximus
67. Greater Crested Tern   Thalasseus bergii
68. Elegant Tern   Thalasseus elegans
69. Lesser Crested Tern   Thalasseus bengalensis
70. Chinese Crested Tern   Thalasseus bernsteini
71. Sandwich Tern   Thalasseus sandvicensis
72. Cabot’s Tern   Thalasseus acuflavidus
73. Little Tern   Sternula albifrons
74. Saunders’s Tern   Sternula saundersi
75. Least Tern   Sternula antillarum
76. Yellow-billed Tern   Sternula superciliaris
77. Peruvian Tern   Sternula lorata
78. Fairy Tern   Sternula nereis
79. Damara Tern   Sternula balaenarum
80. Aleutian Tern   Onychoprion aleuticus
81. Spectacled Tern   Onychoprion lunatus
82. Bridled Tern   Onychoprion anaethetus
83. Sooty Tern   Onychoprion fuscatus
84. River Tern   Sterna aurantia
85. Roseate Tern   Sterna dougallii
86. White-fronted Tern   Sterna striata
87. Black-naped Tern   Sterna sumatrana
88. South American Tern   Sterna hirundinacea
89. Common Tern   Sterna hirundo
90. White-cheeked Tern   Sterna repressa
91. Arctic Tern   Sterna paradisaea
92. Antarctic Tern   Sterna vittata
93. Kerguelen Tern   Sterna virgata
94. Forster’s Tern   Sterna forsteri
95. Snowy-crowned Tern   Sterna trudeaui
96. Black-bellied Tern   Sterna acuticauda
97. Black-fronted Tern   Chlidonias albostriatus
98. Whiskered Tern   Chlidonias hybrida
99. White-winged Tern   Chlidonias leucopterus
100. Black Tern   Chlidonias niger
101. Large-billed Tern   Phaetusa simplex
102. Inca Tern   Larosterna inca