birds · order Charadriiformes
Laridae in the reserves
12 species of the Laridae family are recorded around 170 parks and reserves in the directory. The most widely recorded is the Kelp Gull, near 120 reserves.
Kelp GullLarus dominicanus120 reserves
Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii72 reserves
Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus70 reserves
Hartlaub's GullChroicocephalus hartlaubii57 reserves
Common TernSterna hirundo56 reserves
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia51 reserves
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis51 reserves
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida24 reserves
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus10 reserves
Antarctic TernSterna vittata8 reserves
Little TernSternula albifrons7 reserves
Damara TernSternula balaenarum3 reservesGBIF.org occurrence records; taxonomy from the GBIF backbone; photos from Wikimedia Commons (authors on the photo credits page).