Birds of Montana

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Montana Species Snapshot
All Montana Bird Species
Montana Natural Heritage Program.
Retrieved on May 27, 2018, from http://mtnhp.org/SpeciesSnapshot/

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

Arctic Tern ¹
Sterna paradisaea

Black Tern ²
Chlidonias niger

Black-legged Kittiwake ³
Rissa tridactyla

Bonaparte's Gull ⁴
Chroicocephalus philadelphia

California Gull ⁵
Larus californicus

Caspian Tern ⁶
Hydroprogne caspia

Common Tern ⁷
Sterna hirundo

Forster's Tern ⁸
Sterna forsteri

Franklin's Gull ⁹
Leucophaeus pipixcan

Glaucous Gull ¹⁰
Larus hyperboreus

Glaucous-winged Gull ¹¹
Larus glaucescens

Great Black-backed Gull ¹²
Larus marinus

Herring Gull ¹³
Larus argentatus

Iceland Gull ¹⁴
Larus glaucoides

Laughing Gull ¹⁵
Leucophaeus atricilla

Least Tern ¹⁶
Sternula antillarum

Lesser Black-backed Gull ¹⁷
Larus fuscus

Little Gull ¹⁸
Hydrocoloeus minutus

Mew Gull ¹⁹
Larus canus

Ring-billed Gull ²⁰
Larus delawarensis

Ross's Gull ²¹
Rhodostethia rosea

Sabine's Gull ²²
Xema sabini

Western Gull ²³
Larus occidentalis

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Birds of Montana

Arctic Tern 1 Sterna paradisaea

Black Tern 2 Chlidonias niger

Black-legged Kittiwake 3 Rissa tridactyla

Bonaparte's Gull 4 Chroicocephalus philadelphia

California Gull 5 Larus californicus

Caspian Tern 6 Hydroprogne caspia

Common Tern 7 Sterna hirundo

Forster's Tern 8 Sterna forsteri

Franklin's Gull 9 Leucophaeus pipixcan

Glaucous Gull 10 Larus hyperboreus

Glaucous-winged Gull 11 Larus glaucescens

Great Black-backed Gull 12 Larus marinus

Herring Gull 13 Larus argentatus

Iceland Gull 14 Larus glaucoides

Laughing Gull 15 Leucophaeus atricilla

Least Tern 16 Sternula antillarum

Lesser Black-backed Gull 17 Larus fuscus

Little Gull 18 Hydrocoloeus minutus

Mew Gull 19 Larus canus

Ring-billed Gull 20 Larus delawarensis

Ross's Gull 21 Rhodostethia rosea

Sabine's Gull 22 Xema sabini

Western Gull 23 Larus occidentalis