Laridae

Translingual

Larus fuscus

Etymology

From Larus +‎ -idae.

Proper noun

Laridae

A taxonomic family within the order Charadriiformes – gulls, terns and skimmers.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Laridae.

Hypernyms

(family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Charadriiformes - order; Lari - suborder

Hyponyms

(family): Larinae, Rynchopinae, Sterninae (unestablished subfamilies)
- Chroicocephalus, Creagrus, Hydrocoloeus, Ichthyaetus, Larus, Leucophaeus, Pagophila, Rhodostethia, Rissa, Xema (genera, within Larinae or Laridae)
- Rynchops (genus, within Rynchopinae or Rynchopidae)
- Chlidonias, Gelochelidon, Hydroprogne, Larosterna, Onychoprion, Phaetusa, Sterna, Sternula, Thalasseus (genera, within Sterninae, or Sternidae)
- Anous, Gygis, Procelsterna (genera, incertae sedis or within Sternidae)

References

Gull on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Laridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Laridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Laridae at Avian Taxonomy in Flux

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