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Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge

This is a comprehensive field guide to the all known bird species that preside or migrate through this Refuge.

Bonaparte's Gull 1
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Black-headed Gull 2
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Little Gull 3
Hydrocoloeus minutus
California Least Tern 4
Sternula antillarum browni
Caspian Tern 5
Hydroprogne caspia
Elegant Tern 6
Thalasseus elegans
Herring Gull 7
Larus argentatus
California Gull 8
Larus californicus
Mew Gull 9
Larus canus
Ring-billed Gull 10
Larus delawarensis
Lesser Black-backed Gull 11
Larus fuscus
Glaucous-winged Gull 12
Larus glaucescens
Heermann's Gull 8
Larus heermanni
Glaucous Gull 13
Larus hyperboreus
Western Gull 14
Larus occidentalis
Slaty-backed Gull 15
Larus schistisagus
Thayer's Gull 16
Larus thayeri
Forster's Tern 17
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern 18
Sterna hirundo
Arctic Tern 19
Sterna paradisaea
Black Skimmer 20
Rynchops niger
Black Tern 13
Chlidonias niger
Sabine's Gull 21
Xema sabini
Franklin's Gull 22
Leucophaeus pipixcan

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