Birds of North America checklist (part one) - Mister Poll

Gulls and Terns. There are a lot of similarities in this group, so beware; also, not all are found only on the coast. In fact, almost all gulls are found inland as well as along the coast.

Herring Gull (A common gull)

Ring-billed Gull (An EXTREMELY abundant gull, found all over, and is often found inland in huge flocks in winter.)

California Gull (common gull of the west)

Mew Gull

Western Gull (very common; west coast only)

Great Black-backed gull (the biggest gulls in the world and the darkest, too. Common; east coast only.)

Glaucous-winged Gull (west only)

Glaucous Gull (common mostly in the arctic, but found in the south on occasion, and common at the great lakes and niagara falls.) (Is our palest-winged common Gull, while the Great black-backed Gull is the darkest.)

Iceland Gull (northeastern coast only)

Thayer's Gull

Laughing Gull (very common; east coast only)

Franklin's Gull

Black-legged Kittiwake (uncommon on both coasts)

Sabine's Gull

Heermann's Gull (uncommon; coastal western USA only)

Forster's Tern

Common Tern (One of the most common terns)

Arctic Tern

Roseate Tern (scarce; only portions of the east coast)

Caspian Tern

Royal Tern (fairly common; east coast and Southern California)

Elegant tern (rare; coastal California)

Sandwich tern (east coast only)

Sooty tern (east coast only)

Bridled Tern (east coast only)

Aleutian Tern (Alaska Only)

Brown Noddy ( Only coastal south Florida)

Black Tern (mostly just inland; scarce)

Least tern (threatened but seen often in reserves, especially Cape May, NJ)

Gull-billed Tern

Black Skimmer

Great Skua

Pomarine Jaeger

Parasitic Jaeger

Long-tailed Jaeger

Source: http://www.misterpoll.com/polls/565705

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