LARIDAE

     CHILEAN SKUA: Stercorarius chilensis

     
 
   

   It inhabits the Argentine coastline.


     

        Images taken in the estuary of the River Deseado and Penguin Island, Santa Cruz province.
 

         BROWN SKUA: Stercorarius antarticus

     
  Very similar to "Stercorarius chilensis", considered by some authors as
two races of the same species.
The colour is dark brown streaks. 

      Images taken in the estuary of the River Deseado and Penguin Island, Santa Cruz province.
 

            DOLPHIN GULL: Larus scoresbii

     Inhabits sea coasts in Patagonia.

Images taken in Puerto Deseado, Santa Cruz province.



     

           
                Sound 

        KELP GULL: Larus dominicanus                              

      

 
    Aquatic environments seawater or freshwater.

 

            
                 Sound  

        OLROG'S GULL: Larus atlanticus
 

   In marine environment, it is observed on the coast the Buenos Aires province .
     The beak is yellow with red and black tip.


                                                   
 

     Photographs taken by Lito Camps, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires province.
 

          ANDEAN GULL: Chroicocephalus serranus

        It inhabits rivers and mountain lakes.

      

        Photographs taken in Abra Pampa. province of Jujuy and El Tromen Provincial Park, Neuquen province.   

       GREY-HOODED GULL: Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus


          Aquatic environments marine and freshwater.

         BROWN-HOODED GULL: Chroicocephalus maculipennis

    Aquatic environments, open area.


     

 
    Sound 

       GULL-BILLED TERN: Sterna [Gelochelidon] nilotica
 

  
  Frequents lakes and lagoons of brackish or freshwater

Ilustration by Maria Gabriela Arancio. 

        SNOWY-CROWNED TERN: Sterna trudeaui

                                       

   Frequents lakes and lagoons of brackish or freshwater.


                                         
 

      COMMON TERN: Sterna hirundo       

 It inhabits aquatic environments throughout the country. 


     
 

         SOUTH AMERICAN TERN: Sterna hirundinacea

    Inhabits sea coasts of Patagonia. In winter it was observed off the coast of the Province
Buenos Aires.


       

It nests in the colony. Place the eggs directly into the soil, sand or rocky beaches.
The chicks have plumage mimetic.

           
    Sound  (Tern colony)                      
 

      ANTARCTIC TERN: Sterna vittata       

    Breeding in Antarctida and Islands sector Antarctica.

                                 


             Photographs taken at Penguin Island, Santa Cruz province and coasts in Chubut province.

           LARGE-BILLED TERN: Phaetusa simplex
 

       
 
   Aquatic environment of northeastern Argentina.

 

        YELLOW-BILLED TERN: Sterna supercilliaris       

    Aquatic environment of northeastern Argentina.


                                               

 

   CAYENNE TERN: Sterna eurygnatha

Inhabits sea coasts of Patagonia, may arrive in winter to the Buenos Aires province.


                                                         

     Photographs taken in Camarones, Santa Cruz province.
There are authors who see Sterna sandvicensis (Sandwich Tern) conespecíficos with S. eurygnatha, while others give priority to specific name on sandvicensis eurygnatha, including both as Sterna sandvicensis.

            ROYAL TERN: Sterna maxima

        It inhabits the Argentine coastline.
      The photograph was taken on the coasts to the Chubut province.

          ELEGANT TERN: Sterna elegans

    It inhabits the Chilean coast, the Pacific Ocean. Similar to S. maximum.
Somewhat smaller.
Immigration from North americas. It has recently been observed on the coast
Argentine sea, on the coast of Buenos Aires. The photo that was included
taken in Puerto Deseado and it could be this species.  
 

                                                                                             
        BLACK SKIMMER: Rynchops niger

                               
        Frequents lakes and lagoons of brackish or freshwater.



          

         Photographs taken in Mar Chiquita and Costa Bonita, Buenos Aires province, por Ricardo Doumecq Milieu.