page_title: List of birds of Minnesota
section_title: Gulls, terns, and skimmers
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Minnesota / Gulls, terns, and skimmers
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a great black-back gull (Larus marinus). In Swedish it's called Havstrut. This particular specimen was photographed in the harbour of Skagen, Denmark. Svenska: Havstrut, Skagen Deutsch: Mantelmöwe (Larus marinus). Im Brutkleid können die Beine leicht gelb getönt sein. Im Haven von Skagen in Dänemark Camera: Nikon D50 with a 70-300mm lens
context_page_description: This list of birds of Minnesota includes species documented in the U.S. state of Minnesota and accepted by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee. As of the end of 2019, there are 444 species included in the official list. Of them, 87 are classed as accidental, 41 are classed as casual, eight have been introduced to North America, two are extinct, and one has been extirpated.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
  Unless otherwise noted, all species listed below are considered to occur regularly in Minnesota as permanent residents, summer or winter visitors, or migrants. The following codes are used to define some categories of occurrence:
  Accidental - "Species for which there are accepted records in no more than two of the past ten years" per the MOURC
context_section_description: Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Laridae
  Laridae is a family of medium to large seabirds and includes gulls, terns, kittiwakes, and skimmers. They are typically gray or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet.
  Black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla (C)
  Ivory gull, Pagophila eburnea (A)
  Sabine's gull, Xema sabini
  Bonaparte's gull, Chroicocephalus philadelphia
  Black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus (A)
  Little gull, Hydrocoloeus minutus
  Ross's gull, Rhodostethia rosea (A)
  Laughing gull, Leucophaeus atricilla (C)
  Franklin's gull, Leucophaeus pipixcan
  Mew gull, Larus canus (A)
  Ring-billed gull, Larus delawarensis
  California gull, Larus californicus (C)
  Herring gull, Larus argentatus
  Iceland gull, Larus glaucoides
  Lesser black-backed gull, Larus fuscus
  Slaty-backed gull, Larus schistisagus (C)
  Glaucous-winged gull, Larus glaucescens (A)
  Glaucous gull, Larus hyperboreus
  Great black-backed gull, Larus marinus
  Least tern, Sternula antillarum (C)
  Gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon nilotica (A)
  Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia
  Black tern, Chlidonias niger
  Common tern, Sterna hirundo
  Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea (C)
  Forster's tern, Sterna forsteri
  Sandwich tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis (A)
  Elegant tern, Thalasseus elegans (A)
caption: Great black-backed gull
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