Family

Laridae (Gulls, terns, and skimmers)

Rynchops niger. Photo: (c) Nick Chill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

Laridae is a family of seabirds in the order Charadriiformes that includes the gulls, terns, skimmers and kittiwakes. It includes around 100 species arranged into 22 genera. They are an adaptable group of mostly aerial birds found worldwide.

— Wikipedia

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Aves (Birds)
        Order: Charadriiformes (Shorebirds and allies)
        Family: Laridae (Gulls, terns, and skimmers)
        Subfamily: Larinae (Gulls) (19)
        Subfamily: Sterninae (Terns and noddies) (5)
        Subfamily: Rynchopinae (Skimmers) (1)

Subtaxa

Subfamily: Larinae (Gulls)

Subfamily: Sterninae (Terns and noddies)

Subfamily: Rynchopinae (Skimmers)

Family

Laridae (Gulls, terns, and skimmers)

Subtaxa

Where in Humboldt

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