page_title: List of birds of Korea
section_title: Skuas, gulls, terns and skimmers
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Korea / Skuas, gulls, terns and skimmers
context_page_description: This is a list of all birds recorded in the wild in the Korean Peninsula and its islands.
context_section_description: Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Laridae
  There are 91 species worldwide and 23 species in Korea.
  Parasitic jaeger, Stercorarius parasiticus
  Black-tailed gull, Larus crassirostris
  Mew gull, Larus canus
  Herring gull, Larus argentatus
  Slaty-backed gull, Larus schistisagus
  Caspian gull, Larus cachinnans
  Heuglin's gull, Larus heuglini
  Glaucous-winged gull, Larus glaucescens
  Glaucous gull, Larus hyperboreus
  Iceland gull, Larus glaucoides
  Black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus
  Saunders's gull, Larus saundersi
  Relict gull, Larus relictus
  Sabine's gull, Xema sabini
  Ross's gull, Rhodostethia rosea
  Black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla
  Ivory gull, Pagophila eburnea
  Gull-billed tern, Sterna nilotica
  Great crested tern, Sterna bergii
  Common tern, Sterna hirundo
  Little tern, Sterna albifrons
  Sooty tern, Sterna fuscata
  Whiskered tern, Chlidonias hybridus
  White-winged tern, Chlidonias leucopterus
caption: Common tern
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