LARIDAE

            DOLPHIN GULL: Leucophaeus 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                                           Videos

        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 Reserva Provincial Lagunas de Epu Lauquen, Neuquen province.   

                        
                         Sound                                  Sonogram                Video

       GREY-HOODED GULL: Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus


          Aquatic environments marine and freshwater.

                                                                    
                         
                           Sound                                      Video

         BROWN-HOODED GULL: Chroicocephalus maculipennis

   


      Aquatic environments, open area.




 

 
                        Sound 

       GULL-BILLED TERN: 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: Sternula 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: Thalasseus maximus

        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.