Gulls, Terns, Puffins and other Gull-like birds

CICONIIFORMES - suborder Charadrii - superfamily Laroidea
This room displays photos of gulls and their relatives including terns, pratincoles and coursers.

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Great Crested Tern [1], Ooajisashi, or Sterna bergii. photo: 08/1999, Huahine, French Polynesia. Arctic Tern [1][2], Kyokuajisashi, or Sterna paradisaea. photo: 06/2001, Kanagawa, Japan. Black-Tailed Gull [1][2], Umineko or Larus crassirostris. photo: 08/2001, Yamaguchi, Japan.

Herring Gull [1], Seguro Kamome, or Larus argentatus. photo: 02/2002, Shizuoka, Japan. Pomarine Jaeger, Touzoku Kamome, or Stercorarius pomarinus. photo: 02/2002, Shizuoka, Japan. Black-Tailed Gull [3], Umineko or Larus crassirostris. photo: 02/2002, Shizuoka, Japan.

Slaty-backed Gull [1], Ooseguro Kamome, or Larus schistisagus. photo: 02/2002, Shizuoka, Japan. Black-headed Gull [1], Yuri Kamome or Larus ridibundus. photo: 11/2002, Tokyo, Japan. Black-headed Gull [2], Yuri Kamome or Larus ridibundus. photo: 12/2002, Okinawa, Japan.

Black-headed Gull [3][4], Yuri Kamome or Larus ridibundus. photo: 02/2003, Osaka, Japan. Silver Gull [1][2], Gin Kamome or Larus novaehollandiae. photo: 08/2003, Darwin, NT, Australia. Common Tern, Ajisashi or Sterna hirundo. photo: 08/2003, Darwin, NT, Australia.

Whiskered Tern, Kurohara Ajisashi or Chlidonias hybridus. photo: 08/2003, Darwin, NT, Australia. Great Crested Tern [3][4(J)], Ooajisashi, or Sterna bergii. photo: 08/2003, Darwin, NT, Australia. White-winged Tern, Hajiro Kurohara Ajisashi or Chlidonias leucopterus. photo: 08/2003, Fogg Dam, NT, Australia.

Pacific Gull [1][2(J)], Hashibuto Kamome or Larus pacificus. photo: 09/2003, Albany, WA, Australia. Silver Gull [3][4][5], Gin Kamome or Larus novaehollandiae. photo: 09/2003, Albany, WA, Australia. Caspian Tern [1], Oni Ajisashi or Sterna caspia. photo: 09/2003, Albany, WA, Australia.

Herring Gull [2], Seguro Kamome, or Larus argentatus. photo: 04/2004, Yamaguchi, Japan. Black-headed Gull [5], Yuri Kamome or Larus ridibundus. photo: 01/2004, Niigata, Japan. Black-headed Gull (summer plumage) [6][7][8], Yuri Kamome or Larus ridibundus. photo: 04/2004, Ehime, Japan.

Herring Gull [3], Seguro Kamome, or Larus argentatus. photo: 04/2004, Yamaguchi, Japan. Heuglin's Gull (Herring Gull) [4], Hoigurin Kamome or Larus argentatus heuglini. photo: 04/2004, Yamaguchi, Japan. Yellow-legged Gull [1][2], Kiashi Seguro Kamome, or Larus cachinnans. photo: 08/2004, Amsterdam, Netherland.

Laughing Gull, Warai Kamome, or Larus atricilla. photo: 08/2004, Weg naar Zee, Suriname. Black Skimmer, Kuro Hasami-Ajisashi, or Rynchops niger. photo: 08/2004, Weg naar Zee, Suriname. Little Tern [1], Ko Ajisashi or Sterna albifrons. photo: 05/2005, Tokyo, Japan.

Double-banded Courser, Futaobi Sunabashiri, or Rhinoptilus africanus. photo: 08/2005, Etosha, Namibia. African Skimmer [1][2][3][4], Afurika Hasami Ajisashi, or Rynchops flavirostris. photo: 08/2005, Divundu, Namibia. Kelp Gull [1][2][3], Minami Oo Seguro Kamome, or Larus dominicanus. photo: 08/2005, Cape Cross, Namibia.

Sandwich Tern, Sandoicchi Ajisashi or Sterna sandvicensis. photo: 09/2005, Cape Cross, Namibia. Great Crested Tern [5][6][7], Oo Ajisashi, or Sterna bergii. photo: 09/2005, Cape Cross, Namibia. Arctic Tern [3], Kyoku Ajisashi, or Sterna paradisaea. photo: 09/2005, Cape Cross, Namibia.

King Gull [1][2][3], Afurika Gin Kamome, or Larus hartlaubii. photo: 09/2005, Walvis Bay, Namibia. Caspian Tern [2], Oni Ajisashi or Sterna caspia. photo: 09/2005, Walvis Bay, Namibia. Kelp Gull [4][5], Minami Oo Seguro Kamome, or Larus dominicanus. photo: 08/2005, Walvis Bay, Namibia.

Mongolian Gull, Mongoru Kamome, or Larus argentatus mongolicus, probably. photo: 04/2006, Yamaguchi, Japan. Roseate Tern [1][2], Beni Ajisashi or Sterna dougallii. photo: 07/2006, Okinawa, Japan. Black-naped Tern [1][2], Eriguro Ajisashi or Sterna sumatrana. photo: 07/2006, Okinawa, Japan.

Saunder's Gull [1][2], Zuguro Kamome, or Larus saundersi. photo: 12/2006, Chiba, Japan. Common Murre, Umi-garasu, or Uria aalge. photo: 02/2007, Aomori, Japan. Slaty-backed Gull [2], Oo Seguro Kamome, or Larus schistisagus. photo: 02/2007, Aomori, Japan.

Pigeon Guillemot, Umi-bato, or Cepphus columba, probably. photo: 02/2007, Aomori, Japan. Black-legged Kittiwake, Mitsuyubi Kamome, or Rissa tridactyla. photo: 02/2007, Aomori, Japan. Marbled Murrelet, Madara Umi-suzume, or Brachyramphus marmoratus. photo: 02/2007, Hokkaido, Japan.

Black-Tailed Gull [4], Umineko or Larus crassirostris. photo: 05/2007, Ehime, Japan. Common White-Tern [1][2], Shiro Ajisashi or Gygis alba. photo: 07/2007, O'ahu, Hawaii. Black Noddy [1][2][3][4], Kuro Ajisashi or Anous stolidus. photo: 07/2007, Hawai'i, Hawaii.

Brown Noddy, Hime Kuro Ajisashi or Anous minutus. photo: 07/2007, Hawai'i, Hawaii. Royal Tern [1][2][3], Amerika Oo Ajisashi or Sterna maxima. photo: 08/2007, Loango NP, Gabon. Little Tern [2], Ko Ajisashi or Sterna albifrons. photo: 08/2007, Loango NP, Gabon.

African Skimmer [5][6], Afurika Hasami Ajisashi, or Rynchops flavirostris. photo: 08/2007, Loango NP, Gabon. Damara Tern, Damara Ajisashi or Sterna balaenarum. photo: 08/2007, Loango NP, Gabon. White-winged Tern [2][3][4], Hajiro Kurohara Ajisashi or Chlidonias leucopterus. photo: 11/2007, Caiyuan, Penghu Islands, Taiwan.

Unidentified Gull, - or -. photo: 11/2007, Fukuoka, Japan. Unidentified Gull, - or -. photo: 11/2007, Fukuoka, Japan. Unidentified Gull, - or -. photo: 11/2007, Fukuoka, Japan

Unidentified Gull, - or -. photo: 06/2008, Tokyo, Japan Little Tern [3], Ko Ajisashi or Sterna albifrons. photo: 06/2008, Tokyo, Japan Slaty-backed Gull [3], Oo Seguro Kamome, or Larus schistisagus. photo: 07/2008, Hokkaido, Japan.

Black-Tailed Gull [5], Umineko or Larus crassirostris. photo: 07/2008, Hokkaido, Japan. Ring-billed Gull, Kurowa Kamome, or Larus delawarensis, probably. photo: 08/2008, Patagonia, Arizona, USA. back to upper category


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