Laridae
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Review Heinl 1997 - New Information on Gulls in Southeastern Alaska (PDF in Evernote)
Family: Laridae
Species | Sp | Su | F | W | Br | Notes
|
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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) |