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Birds of Alabama

This guide is a reference for identifying species of birds reported from Alabama. If you have additions or corrections please send them to jpfriel@ua.edu.

Bridled Tern 1
Onychoprion anaethetus
Least Tern 2
Sternula antillarum
Gull-billed Tern 3
Gelochelidon nilotica
Caspian Tern 4
Hydroprogne caspia
Royal Tern 5
Thalasseus maximus
Sandwich Tern 6
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Forster's Tern 7
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern 8
Sterna hirundo
Black Tern 2
Chlidonias niger
Bonaparte's Gull 4
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Herring Gull 9
Larus argentatus
Ring-billed Gull 10
Larus delawarensis
Lesser Black-backed Gull 11
Larus fuscus
Laughing Gull 12
Leucophaeus atricilla
Black Skimmer 13
Rynchops niger

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