page_title: List of birds of the Gambia
section_title: Gulls, terns, and skimmers
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of the Gambia / Gulls, terns, and skimmers
caption_attribution_description: Caspian Tern, Hydroprogne caspia (syn. Sterna caspia). Location: Jacksonville, Florida, United States
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in the Gambia. The avifauna of the Gambia include a total of 576 species, one of which has been introduced by humans and two of which are globally threatened. The country, which is very small and almost completely surrounded by Senegal, has no endemic species.
  The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. Not all species will fall into one of these categories. Those that do not are commonly occurring native species.
  Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in the Gambia
  (I) Introduced - a species introduced to the Gambia as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
context_section_description: Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Laridae
  Audouin's gull, Ichthyaetus audouinii        Near-threatened
  Mediterranean gull, Ichthyaetus melanocephalus        (A)
  Common gull, Larus canus       (A)
  Kelp gull, Larus dominicanus
  Lesser black-backed gull, Larus fuscus
  Yellow-legged gull, Larus michahellis
  Grey-headed gull, Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
  Black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  Slender-billed gull, Chroicocephalus genei
  Laughing gull, Leucophaeus atricilla        (A)
  Franklin's gull, Leucophaeus pipixcan        (A)
  Little gull, Hydrocoloeus minutus        (A)
  Black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla        (A)
  Gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon nilotica
  Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia
  Lesser crested tern, Thalasseus bengalensis
  Sandwich tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis
  Royal tern, Thalasseus maximus
  Roseate tern, Sterna dougallii       (A)
  Common tern, Sterna hirundo
  Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea
  Little tern, Sternula albifrons
  Whiskered tern, Chlidonias hybrida
  White-winged tern, Chlidonias leucopterus
  Black tern, Chlidonias niger
  Bridled tern, Onychoprion anaethetus       (A)
  Black noddy, Anous minutus       (A)
  Brown noddy, Anous stolidus       (A)
  African skimmer, Rynchops flavirostris       Near-threatened
caption: Caspian tern
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