page_title: List of birds of Egypt
section_title: Gulls, terns, and skimmers
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Egypt / Gulls, terns, and skimmers
caption_attribution_description: Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica, Brisbane, Australia
context_page_description: This is a list of the species of birds found in Egypt, a country in north-east Africa. The avifauna of Egypt include a total of 494 species of birds. No species are endemic to Egypt.
  This list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2019 edition. All of the birds below are included in the total bird count for Egypt.
  The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The commonly occurring native species do not fall into any of these categories.
  Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Egypt
  (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Egypt as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
  Extirpated - a species that no longer occurs in Egypt although populations exist elsewhere
  (X) Extinct - a species or subspecies that no longer exists.
context_section_description: Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Laridae
  Laridae is a family of medium to large seabirds, the gulls, terns, and skimmers. Gulls are typically grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. Terns are a group of generally medium to large seabirds typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water. Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species known to live in excess of 30 years. Skimmers are a small family of tropical tern-like birds. They have an elongated lower mandible which they use to feed by flying low over the water surface and skimming the water for small fish.
  Black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla
  Slender-billed gull, Chroicocephalus genei
  Grey-hooded gull, Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus (A)
  Black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  Little gull, Hydrocoloeus minutus
  Franklin's gull, Leucophaeus pipixcan (A)
  Mediterranean gull, Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
  White-eyed gull, Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus
  Sooty gull, Ichthyaetus hemprichii
  Pallas's gull, Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
  Audouin's gull, Ichthyaetus audouinii
  Mew gull, Larus canus
  Yellow-legged gull, Larus michahellis
  Caspian gull, Larus cachinnans
  Armenian gull, Larus armenicus
  Lesser black-backed gull, Larus fuscus
  Bridled tern, Onychoprion anaethetus
  Little tern, Sternula albifrons
  Saunders's tern, Sternula saundersi (A)
  Gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon nilotica
  Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia
  Black tern, Chlidonias niger
  White-winged tern, Chlidonias leucopterus
  Whiskered tern, Chlidonias hybridus
  Common tern, Sterna hirundo
  White-cheeked tern, Sterna repressa
  Great crested tern, Thalasseus bergii
  Sandwich tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis
  Lesser crested tern, Thalasseus bengalensis
  African skimmer, Rynchops flavirostris
caption: Gull-billed tern flying over a body of water
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