I hope this page will become a database of the seabirds of the world and some of the best places to see them. Any suggestions to fill the many gaps or provide additional localities would be extremely helpful.
Conservation rankings are from the preliminary guidelines set out by BirdLife International and posted to Seabirds Internet discussion group by John Cooper.
Terns |
Sterna nilotica Gull-billed Tern
Sterna caspia Caspian Tern
Sterna aurantia River Tern
Sterna maxima Royal Tern
Sterna elegans Elegant Tern (NEAR THREATENED)
Sterna bengalensis Lesser Crested-Tern
Sterna bergii Great Crested-Tern
Sterna bernsteini Chinese Crested-Tern (CRITICAL)
Sterna sandvicensis Sandwich Tern
Sterna dougallii Roseate Tern
Sterna striata White-fronted Tern
Sterna sumatrana Black-naped Tern
Sterna hirundinacea South American Tern
Sterna hirundo Common Tern
Sterna paradisaea Arctic Tern
Sterna vittata Antarctic Tern
Sterna virgata Kerguelen Tern (VULNERABLE)
Sterna forsteri Forster's Tern
Sterna trudeaui Snowy-crowned Tern
Sterna albifrons Little Tern
Sterna saundersi Saunders's Tern
Sterna antillarum Least Tern
Sterna superciliaris Yellow-billed Tern
Sterna lorata Peruvian Tern (new candidate for consideration)
Sterna nereis Fairy Tern (VULNERABLE)
Sterna balaenarum Damara Tern (NEAR THREATENED)
Sterna repressa White-cheeked Tern
Sterna acuticauda Black-bellied Tern (VULNERABLE)
Sterna aleutica Aleutian Tern
Sterna lunata Grey-backed Tern
Sterna anaethetus Bridled Tern
Sterna fuscata Sooty Tern
Chlidonias albostriatus Black-fronted Tern (VULNERABLE)
Chlidonias hybridus Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias leucopterus White-winged Tern
Chlidonias niger Black Tern
Phaetusa simplex Large-billed Tern
Anous stolidus Brown Noddy
Anous minutus Black Noddy
Anous tenuirostris Lesser Noddy
Procelsterna cerulea Blue Noddy
Gygis alba Common White-Tern
Gygis microrhyncha Little White-Tern
Larosterna inca Inca Tern