Maryland Biodiversity - Checklist

Maryland Checklist - Family: Laridae - all-time (Total: 35)

	Common Name	Genus	Species	Records	Category	Family	Order	Class	Kingdom
1	Black-legged Kittiwake	Rissa	tridactyla	31	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
2	Sabine's Gull	Xema	sabini	30	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
3	Bonaparte's Gull	Chroicocephalus	philadelphia	361	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
4	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus	ridibundus	83	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
5	Little Gull	Hydrocoloeus	minutus	67	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
6	Ross's Gull	Rhodostethia	rosea	4	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
7	Laughing Gull	Leucophaeus	atricilla	918	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
8	Franklin's Gull	Leucophaeus	pipixcan	64	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
9	Black-tailed Gull	Larus	crassirostris	3	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
10	Heermann's Gull	Larus	heermanni	29	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
11	Short-billed Gull	Larus	canus	3	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
12	Ring-billed Gull	Larus	delawarensis	1531	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
13	California Gull	Larus	californicus	11	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
14	Herring Gull	Larus	argentatus	752	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
15	Yellow-legged Gull	Larus	michahellis	2	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
16	Thayer's Gull	Larus	thayeri	30	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
17	Iceland Gull	Larus	glaucoides	121	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
18	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus	fuscus	251	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
19	Slaty-backed Gull	Larus	schistisagus	2	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
20	Glaucous Gull	Larus	hyperboreus	71	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
21	Great Black-backed Gull	Larus	marinus	553	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
22	Kelp Gull	Larus	dominicanus	10	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
23	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion	fuscatus	15	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
24	Bridled Tern	Onychoprion	anaethetus	6	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
25	Least Tern	Sternula	antillarum	336	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
26	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon	nilotica	35	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
27	Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne	caspia	309	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
28	Black Tern	Chlidonias	niger	119	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
29	Roseate Tern	Sterna	dougallii	13	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
30	Common Tern	Sterna	hirundo	159	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
31	Arctic Tern	Sterna	paradisaea	12	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
32	Forster's Tern	Sterna	forsteri	399	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
33	Royal Tern	Thalasseus	maximus	364	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
34	Sandwich Tern	Thalasseus	sandvicensis	60	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia
35	Black Skimmer	Rynchops	niger	162	Birds	Laridae	Charadriiformes	Aves	Animalia