List of Birds of Great Britain

Gulls

Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Laridae Medium to large seabirds with grey, white and black plumage, webbed feet and strong bills. Many are opportunistic and adaptable feeders. There are about 56 species worldwide, 24 in Britain.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Ivory Gull	Pagophila eburnea	A rare vagrant
Sabine's Gull	Xema sabini	A scarce winter visitor
Black-legged Kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla	A breeding summer visitor and resident species
Slender-billed Gull	Chroicocephalus genei	A rare vagrant
Bonaparte's Gull	Chroicocephalus philadelphia	A rare vagrant
Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	A resident breeding species
Little Gull	Hydrocoloeus minutus	A winter visitor, occasional breeder
Ross's Gull	Rhodostethia rosea	A rare vagrant
Laughing Gull	Larus atricilla	A rare vagrant
Franklin's Gull	Larus pipixcan	A rare vagrant
Mediterranean Gull	Larus melanocephalus	A breeding summer visitor
Audouin's Gull	Larus audouinii	A rare vagrant
Great Black-headed Gull	Larus ichthyaetus	B rare vagrant
Common Gull	Larus canus	A resident breeding species, winter visitor & passage migrant
Ring-billed Gull	Larus delawarensis	A scarce winter visitor & passage migrant
Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	A resident breeding species and passage migrant
European Herring Gull	Larus argentatus	A resident breeding species
Yellow-legged Gull	Larus michahellis	A non-breeding late-summer visitor and passage migrant, has bred
Caspian Gull	Larus cachinnans	A rare winter visitor
American Herring Gull	Larus smithsonianus	A rare vagrant
Iceland Gull	Larus glaucoides	A rare winter visitor
Glaucous-winged Gull	Larus glaucescens	A rare vagrant
Glaucous Gull	Larus hyperboreus	A rare winter visitor, has bred
Great Black-backed Gull	Larus marinus	A resident breeding species and passage migrant