Laridae

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Review Heinl 1997 - New Information on Gulls in Southeastern Alaska (PDF in Evernote)


Family: Laridae

Group: Bird, Species


Species   Sp     Su     F     W     Br     Notes  


Black-legged Kittiwake FC U FC R Y
Red-legged Kittiwake - - -  ? - Unsubstantiated.
Ivory Gull - + + + -
Sabine's Gull R VR R - -
Bonaparte's Gull C FC C VR Y
Black-headed Gull - + + - - Observed at Eagle Beach 11 May 2011 (Mark Schwan)
Little Gull VR - + - - Reported from Juneau, Ptersburg, Hoonah, Wrangell, and Ketchikan.
Ross's Gull - + + - -
Laughing Gull - - - - - Considered unsubstantiated in the state until 2010, when a bird was photographed in Kodiak. In the region,reports of this species have included sightings at Yakutat, Icy Strait, and Auke Bay.
Franklin's Gull + VR VR - -
Black-tailed Gull - + + - - Reported from Juneau, Petersburg, and Ketchikan.
Heermann's Gull - - VR - -
Mew Gull C C C C Y
Ring-billed Gull R R R VR -
Western Gull VR + R VR -
California Gull R R U + -
Herring Gull C FC C FC Y
Iceland Gull FC R FC U -
Lesser Black-backed Gull + + + + - Accidental at Juneau, though the same bird returned each summer from 1991-2010. Only other records are from late October 2020 in Hoonah, and mid-August 2021 in Sitka.
Slaty-backed Gull VR - VR VR -
Glaucous-winged Gull C C C C Y
Glaucous Gull R VR R R -
Aleutian Tern R R + - Y Rare from Yakutat down the Northern Gulf Coast and in to Glacier Bay.
Caspian Tern R R R - Y Numbers seem to be increasing in recent years.
Black Tern + + + - - Records from Haines (2018), Wrangell, Juneau and Glacier Bay.
Arctic Tern FC FC FC - Y
Sandwich Tern + - - - - One observed and photographed at mouth of the Salmon River near Gustavus on 10-11 May 2021 [1]. First state record (pending acceptance of checklist committee)