Animals of Elk Island National Park | Les animaux du parc national Elk Island

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Taxonomy
« Back To Shorebirds and Allies Order Charadriiformes
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers Family Laridae
  - 5 Gulls Subfamily Larinae
  - 3 Terns and Noddies Subfamily Sterninae

Black Tern ¹
Chlidonias niger

Bonaparte's Gull ²
Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Herring Gull ³
Larus argentatus

California Gull ⁴
Larus californicus

Ring-billed Gull ⁵
Larus delawarensis

Franklin's Gull ⁶
Leucophaeus pipixcan

Forster's Tern ⁷
Sterna forsteri

Common Tern ⁸
Sterna hirundo

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Animals of Elk Island National Park | Les animaux du parc national Elk Island

Black Tern 1 Chlidonias niger

Bonaparte's Gull 2 Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Herring Gull 3 Larus argentatus

California Gull 4 Larus californicus

Ring-billed Gull 5 Larus delawarensis

Franklin's Gull 6 Leucophaeus pipixcan

Forster's Tern 7 Sterna forsteri

Common Tern 8 Sterna hirundo