Classification of the family Laridae

Fm. Laridae Vigors 1825 [gull]
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Subfm. Anoinae Olson 2011
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G. †Feducciavis Olson 2011
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†Feducciavis loftini Olson 2011
G. Anous Stephens 1826
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Anous ceruleus Bennett 1840 [blue-gray noddy]
Anous minutus Boie 1844 [black noddy]
Anous stolidus Linnaeus 1758 [brown noddy]
Anous tenuirostris Temminck 1873 [lesser noddy]
Invalid names: Procelsterna Lafresnaye 1842 [synonym]
G. Chlidonias Rafinesque 1822
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Chlidonias albostriatus Gray 1845 [black-fronted tern]
Chlidonias niger Linnaeus 1758 [black tern]
Invalid names: Hydrochelidon Boie [synonym]
G. Chroicocephalus Eyton 1836
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Chroicocephalus bulleri Hutton 1871 [black-billed gull]
Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus Vieillot 1818 [gray-headed gull]
Chroicocephalus hartlaubii Bruch 1853 [Hartlaub's gull]
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae Stephens 1826 [silver gull]
Chroicocephalus philadelphia Ord 1815 [Bonaparte's gull]
Chroicocephalus ridibundus Linnaeus 1758 [black-headed gull]
G. Creagrus Bonaparte 1854
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Creagrus furcatus Neboux 1853
G. †Gaviota Miller and Sibley 1941
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†Gaviota niobrara Miller and Sibley 1941
G. Gelochelidon Brehm 1830
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Gelochelidon nilotica Gmelin 1789 [gull-billed tern]
G. Gygis Wagler 1832
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Gygis alba Sparman 1786 [white tern]
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Gygis alba candida Gmelin 1789 [Pacific white tern]
Gygis alba microrhyncha Saunders 1876 [little white tern]
G. Hydrocoloeus Kaup 1829
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Hydrocoloeus minutus Pallas 1776 [little gull]
G. Hydroprogne Kaup 1829
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Hydroprogne caspia Pallas 1770 [Caspian tern]
Subfm. Larinae Bonaparte 1831
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Tr. Lareae Rafinesque 1815
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G. Blasipus Bonaparte
Invalid names: Xemeae Leach 1819 [empty]
G. Larosterna Blyth 1852
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Larosterna inca Lesson and Garnot 1827 [inca tern]
G. Larus Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Larus (Larus) Linnaeus 1758
Larus argentatus Pontoppidan 1763 [herring gull]
Larus atricilla Linnaeus 1758 [laughing gull]
Larus brachyrhynchus Richardson 1831
Larus cachinnans Pallas 1811 [Caspian gull]
Larus californicus Lawrence 1854 [California gull]
Larus canus Linnaeus 1758 [mew gull]
Larus chalcopterus Bruch 1855
Larus delawarensis Ord 1815 [ring-billed gull]
†Larus dolnicensis Svec 1980
Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein 1823 [kelp gull]
†Larus elmorei Brodkorb 1953 [gull]
Larus fuscus Linnaeus 1758 [lesser black-backed gull]
Larus glaucescens Naumann 1840 [glaucous-winged gull]
Larus glaucus Brünnich 1764
Larus heermanni Cassin 1852 [Heermann's gull]
Larus hutchinsii Richardson 1831
Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus 1767 [glaucous gull]
†Larus lacus Emslie 1995 [gull]
Larus leucopterus Faber 1855
Larus marinus Linnaeus 1758 [great black-backed gull]
Larus occidentalis Audubon 1839 [western gull]
†Larus oregonus Shufeldt 1891
†Larus perpetuus Emslie 1995 [gull]
†Larus pristinus Shufeldt 1915
†Larus raemdonckii Van Beneden 1871
†Larus robustus Shufeldt 1891
†Larus utunui Steadman 2002 [Huahine gull]
Invalid names: Laroides Brehm 1830 [synonym]
G. Leucophaeus Bruch 1853
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Leucophaeus pipixcan Wagler 1831 [Franklin's gull]
Leucophaeus scoresbii Traill 1823 [dolphin gull]
G. †Limosavis Schufeldt 1915
G. Onychoprion Wagler 1832
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Onychoprion anaethetus Scopoli 1786 [Bridled tern]
Onychoprion fuscatus Linnaeus 1766 [sooty tern]
Onychoprion lunatus Peale 1848 [gray-backed tern]
G. Pagophila Kaup 1829
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Pagophila eburnea Phipps 1774 [ivory gull]
G. Rhodostethia MacGillivray 1842
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Rhodostethia roseus Macgill 1824
G. Rissa Stephens 1826
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Rissa brevirostris Bruch 1853 [red-legged kittiwake]
†Rissa estesi Chandler 1990
Rissa kotzebui Boneparte 1853
Rissa tridactyla Linnaeus 1758 [black-legged kittiwake]
Subfm. Rynchopinae Dickinson and Remsen 2013
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G. Rynchops Linnaeus 1758
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Rynchops niger Linnaeus 1758 [Black skimmer]
G. Sterna Linnaeus 1758 [tern]
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Sterna forsteri Nuttall 1834 [Foster's tern]
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus 1758 [common tern]
†Sterna milneedwardsi Riabinin 1931
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan 1763 [Arctic tern]
Sterna striata Gmelin 1789 [white-fronted tern]
Sterna sumatrana Raffles 1822 [black-naped tern]
Sterna vittata Gmelin 1789 [Antarctic tern]
Subfm. Sterninae Bonaparte 1838 [tern]
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G. Phaetusa Wagler 1832
G. Sternula Boie 1822
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Sternula nereis Gould 1843 [fairy tern]
G. Thalasseus Boie 1822
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Thalasseus bergii Lichtenstein 1823 [great crested tern]
Thalasseus elegans Gambel 1849 [elegant tern]
Thalasseus maximus Boddaert 1783 [royal tern]
Thalasseus sandvicensis Latham 1787 [Sandwich tern]
G. Xema Leach 1819
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Xema sabini Sabine 1819 [Sabine's gull]
Invalid names: Gyginae del Hoyo et al. 2014 [empty]