| 52 Gulls, Terns, Skimmers Laridae
 African Skimmer
 Rynchops flavirostris
 Indian Skimmer
 Rynchops albicollis
 Black Skimmer
 Rynchops niger
 White Tern
 Gygis alba
 Brown Noddy
 Anous stolidus
 Lesser Noddy
 Anous tenuirostris
 Black Noddy
 Anous minutus
 Grey Noddy
 Anous albivitta
 Blue Noddy
 Anous ceruleus
 Sooty Tern
 Onychoprion fuscatus
 Bridled Tern
 Onychoprion anaethetus
 Spectacled Tern
 Onychoprion lunatus
 Little Tern
 Sternula albifrons
 Saunders's Tern
 Sternula saundersi
 Least Tern
 Sternula antillarum
 Peruvian Tern
 Sternula lorata
 Fairy Tern
 Sternula nereis
 Damara Tern
 Sternula balaenarum
 Large-billed Tern
 Phaetusa simplex
 Gull-billed Tern
 Gelochelidon nilotica
 Caspian Tern
 Hydroprogne caspia
 Inca Tern
 Larosterna inca
 Whiskered Tern
 Chlidonias hybrida
 Black-fronted Tern
 Chlidonias albostriatus
 Black Tern
 Chlidonias niger
 White-winged Tern
 Chlidonias leucopterus
 River Tern
 Sterna aurantia
 Forster's Tern
 Sterna forsteri
 Arctic Tern
 Sterna paradisaea
 South American Tern
 Sterna hirundinacea
 Antarctic Tern
 Sterna vittata
 Kerguelen Tern
 Sterna virgata
 Common Tern
 Sterna hirundo
 White-cheeked Tern
 Sterna repressa
 Black-naped Tern
 Sterna sumatrana
 Roseate Tern
 Sterna dougallii
 Sandwich Tern
 Thalasseus sandvicensis
 Cabot's Tern
 Thalasseus acuflavidus
 Elegant Tern
 Thalasseus elegans
 Lesser Crested Tern
 Thalasseus bengalensis
 Royal Tern
 Thalasseus maximus
 Greater Crested Tern
 Thalasseus bergii
 Chinese Crested Tern
 Thalasseus bernsteini
 Swallow-tailed Gull
 Creagrus furcatus
 Little Gull
 Hydrocoloeus minutus
 Ross's Gull
 Rhodostethia rosea
 Black-legged Kittiwake
 Rissa tridactyla
 Ivory Gull
 Pagophila eburnea
 Sabine's Gull
 Xema sabini
 Saunders's Gull
 Saundersilarus saundersi
 Slender-billed Gull
 Chroicocephalus genei
 Bonaparte's Gull
 Chroicocephalus philadelphia
 Silver Gull
 Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
 Black-billed Gull
 Chroicocephalus bulleri
 Andean Gull
 Chroicocephalus serranus
 Brown-hooded Gull
 Chroicocephalus maculipennis
 Black-headed Gull
 Chroicocephalus ridibundus
 Brown-headed Gull
 Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
 Grey-headed Gull
 Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
 Hartlaub's Gull
 Chroicocephalus hartlaubii
 Dolphin Gull
 Leucophaeus scoresbii
 Laughing Gull
 Leucophaeus atricilla
 Franklin's Gull
 Leucophaeus pipixcan
 Lava Gull
 Leucophaeus fuliginosus
 Pallas's Gull
 Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
 Relict Gull
 Ichthyaetus relictus
 Audouin's Gull
 Ichthyaetus audouinii
 Mediterranean Gull
 Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
 Sooty Gull
 Ichthyaetus hemprichii
 White-eyed Gull
 Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus
 Pacific Gull
 Larus pacificus
 Belcher's Gull
 Larus belcheri
 Black-tailed Gull
 Larus crassirostris
 Olrog's Gull
 Larus atlanticus
 Heermann's Gull
 Larus heermanni
 Common Gull
 Larus canus
 Ring-billed Gull
 Larus delawarensis
 Western Gull
 Larus occidentalis
 Caspian Gull
 Larus cachinnans
 Kelp Gull
 Larus dominicanus
 European Herring Gull
 Larus argentatus
 Vega Gull
 Larus vegae
 Mongolian Gull
 Larus mongolicus
 Yellow-legged Gull
 Larus michahellis
 Heuglin's Gull
 Larus heuglini
 Armenian Gull
 Larus armenicus
 Great Black-backed Gull
 Larus marinus
 Glaucous Gull
 Larus hyperboreus
 Lesser Black-backed Gull
 Larus fuscus
 California Gull
 Larus californicus
 American Herring Gull
 Larus smithsonianus
 Glaucous-winged Gull
 Larus glaucescens
 Slaty-backed Gull
 Larus schistisagus
 Iceland Gull
 Larus glaucoides
 53 Skuas Stercorariidae
 54 Auks Alcidae
 55 Kagu Rhynochetidae
 56 Sunbittern Eurypygidae
 57 Tropicbirds Phaethontidae
 58 Loons Gaviidae
 59 Penguins Spheniscidae
 60 Austral Storm Petrels Oceanitidae
 61 Albatrosses Diomedeidae
 62 Northern Storm Petrels Hydrobatidae
 63 Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels Procellariidae
 64 Storks Ciconiidae
 65 Frigatebirds Fregatidae
 66 Gannets, Boobies Sulidae
 67 Anhingas, Darters Anhingidae
 68 Cormorants, Shags Phalacrocoracidae
 69 Ibises, Spoonbills Threskiornithidae
 70 Herons, Bitterns Ardeidae
 71 Hamerkop Scopidae
 72 Shoebill Balaenicipitidae
 73 Pelicans Pelecanidae
 74 Hoatzin Opisthocomidae
 75 New World Vultures Cathartidae
 76 Secretarybird Sagittariidae
 77 Ospreys Pandionidae
 78 Kites, Hawks, Eagles Accipitridae
 79 Barn Owls Tytonidae
 80 Owls Strigidae
 81 Mousebirds Coliidae
 82 Cuckoo Roller Leptosomidae
 83 Trogons Trogonidae
 84 Hoopoes Upupidae
 85 Wood Hoopoes Phoeniculidae
 86 Ground Hornbills Bucorvidae
 87 Hornbills Bucerotidae
 88 Rollers Coraciidae
 89 Ground Rollers Brachypteraciidae
 90 Kingfishers Alcedinidae
 91 Todies Todidae
 92 Motmots Momotidae
 93 Bee-eaters Meropidae
 94 Jacamars Galbulidae
 95 Puffbirds Bucconidae
 96 New World Barbets Capitonidae
 97 Toucan Barbets Semnornithidae
 98 Toucans Ramphastidae
 99 Asian Barbets Megalaimidae
 100 African Barbets Lybiidae
 101 Honeyguides Indicatoridae
 102 Woodpeckers Picidae
 103 Seriemas Cariamidae
 104 Caracaras, Falcons Falconidae
 105 New Zealand Parrots Strigopidae
 106 Cockatoos Cacatuidae
 107 African & New World Parrots Psittacidae
 108 Old World Parrots Psittaculidae
 109 New Zealand Wrens Acanthisittidae
 111 Asities Philepittidae
 112 Typical Broadbills Eurylaimidae
 113 African & Green Broadbills Calyptomenidae
 114 Pittas Pittidae
 115 Ovenbirds Furnariidae
 116 Antbirds Thamnophilidae
 118 Antpittas Grallariidae
 119 Gnateaters Conopophagidae
 120 Tapaculos Rhinocryptidae
 121 Crescentchests Melanopareiidae
 122 Tyrant Flycatchers Tyrannidae
 123 Cotingas Cotingidae
 124 Manakins Pipridae
 125 Tityras Tityridae
 126 Sharpbill Oxyruncidae
 127 Royal Flycatchers and allies Onychorhynchidae
 128 Lyrebirds Menuridae
 129 Scrubbirds Atrichornithidae
 130 Bowerbirds Ptilonorhynchidae
 131 Australasian Treecreepers Climacteridae
 132 Australasian Wrens Maluridae
 133 Honeyeaters Meliphagidae
 135 Pardalotes Pardalotidae
 136 Australasian Warblers Acanthizidae
 137 Australasian Babblers Pomatostomidae
 138 Logrunners Orthonychidae
 139 Satinbirds Cnemophilidae
 140 Berrypeckers, Longbills Melanocharitidae
 141 Painted Berrypeckers Paramythiidae
 142 New Zealand Wattlebirds Callaeidae
 143 Stitchbird Notiomystidae
 145 Jewel-babblers, Quail-thrushes Cinclosomatidae
 146 Wattle-eyes, Batises Platysteiridae
 147 Bushshrikes Malaconotidae
 149 Vangas, Helmetshrikes, Woodshrikes, Shrike-flycatchers Vangidae
 150 Bristlehead Pityriaseidae
 151 Woodswallows, Butcherbirds, Peltops Artamidae
 152 Mottled Berryhunter Rhagologidae
 153 Ioras Aegithinidae
 154 Cuckooshrikes Campephagidae
 155 Whiteheads Mohouidae
 160 Whistlers and allies Pachycephalidae
 161 Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers Vireonidae
 162 Figbirds, Orioles, Piopios Oriolidae
 163 Drongos Dicruridae
 164 Fantails, Silktails Rhipiduridae
 165 Monarchs Monarchidae
 167 Shrikes Laniidae
 168 Crows, Jays Corvidae
 171 Ifrita Ifritidae
 172 Birds-of-paradise Paradisaeidae
 173 Australasian Robins Petroicidae
 174 Rockfowl Picathartidae
 175 Rockjumpers Chaetopidae
 177 Waxwings Bombycillidae
 178 Silky-flycatchers Ptiliogonatidae
 179 Hypocolius Hypocoliidae
 180 Palmchat Dulidae
 181 Oos Mohoidae
 183 Fairy Flycatchers Stenostiridae
 184 Tits, Chickadees Paridae
 185 Penduline Tits Remizidae
 186 Nicators Nicatoridae
 187 Bearded Reedling Panuridae
 188 Larks Alaudidae
 189 Bulbuls Pycnonotidae
 190 Swallows, Martins Hirundinidae
 192 Crombecs, African Warblers Macrosphenidae
 193 Cettia Bush Warblers & Allies Cettiidae
 195 Yellow Flycatchers Erythrocercidae
 197 Bushtits Aegithalidae
 198 Leaf Warblers & Allies Phylloscopidae
 199 Reed Warblers, Grauer's Warbler & Allies Acrocephalidae
 200 Grassbirds & Allies Locustellidae
 201 Black-capped Donacobius Donacobiidae
 203 Cisticolas & Allies Cisticolidae
 204 Sylviid Babblers Sylviidae
 205 Parrotbills and allies Paradoxornithidae
 206 White-eyes Zosteropidae
 207 Babblers, Scimitar Babblers Timaliidae
 208 Ground Babblers Pellorneidae
 210 Laughingthrushes & Allies Leiothrichidae
 212 Sugarbirds Promeropidae
 213 Fairy-bluebirds Irenidae
 214 Goldcrests, Kinglets Regulidae
 217 Wrens Troglodytidae
 218 Gnatcatchers Polioptilidae
 219 Nuthatches Sittidae
 220 Wallcreeper Tichodromidae
 221 Treecreepers Certhiidae
 223 Mockingbirds, Thrashers Mimidae
 224 Starlings, Rhabdornises Sturnidae
 225 Oxpeckers Buphagidae
 226 Thrushes Turdidae
 227 Chats, Old World Flycatchers Muscicapidae
 228 Dippers Cinclidae
 229 Leafbirds Chloropseidae
 230 Flowerpeckers Dicaeidae
 231 Sunbirds Nectariniidae
 232 Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches Passeridae
 233 Weavers, Widowbirds Ploceidae
 234 Waxbills, Munias & Allies Estrildidae
 235 Indigobirds, Whydahs Viduidae
 237 Accentors Prunellidae
 238 Wagtails, Pipits Motacillidae
 239 Przevalski's Finch Urocynchramidae
 240 Finches, Euphonias Fringillidae
 241 Longspurs, Snow Buntings Calcariidae
 242 Thrush-tanager Rhodinocichlidae
 243 Buntings Emberizidae
 244 New World Sparrows, Bush Tanagers Passerellidae
 245 Chat-tanagers Calyptophilidae
 246 Hispaniolan Tanagers Phaenicophilidae
 248 Spindalises Spindalidae
 250 Cuban Warblers Teretistridae
 251 Yellow-breasted Chat Icteriidae
 252 Oropendolas, Orioles, Blackbirds Icteridae
 253 New World Warblers Parulidae
 254 Mitrospingid Tanagers Mitrospingidae
 255 Cardinals & Allies Cardinalidae
 256 Tanagers and allies Thraupidae
 
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		| White Tern  IOC v15.1: 2211 birdtheme SpecID 1167 Links will open countrypage in new window
 |  Aitutaki  08.05.1981 Birds
 Aitutaki  22.09.1983 Surcharge on 1981.02, 1982.01, 1982.03
 Albania  22.03.2012 Anniversary of democracy
 Antigua & Barbuda  07.12.1991 Pearl Harbor 10v sheet
 Ascension  23.05.1963 Definitives
 Ascension  23.05.1963 Definitives Booklet
 Ascension  26.04.1976 Birds
 Ascension  12.08.1996 Birds
 Ascension  27.04.1999 WWF, Fairy Tern
 Ascension  27.05.2005 BirdLife International
 Ascension  27.05.2005 BirdLife International Sheet
 British Indian Ocean Territory  28.02.1975 Birds
 British Indian Ocean Territory  03.05.1990 Birds
 British Indian Ocean Territory  21.06.2004 Birds definitives
 British Indian Ocean Territory  06.10.2006 BirdLife International Sheet
 British Indian Ocean Territory  23.07.2007 Charles Darwin 4v set
 Cocos Islands  11.06.1963 Definitives
 Cocos Islands  15.06.1988 Stamp anniversary, stamp on stamp 6v set
 Cocos Islands  16.03.1995 Seabirds
 Cocos Islands  16.03.1995 Seabirds Sheet
 Cocos Islands  19.08.1995 JAKARTA '95 Sheet
 Cocos Islands  19.02.1996 Hari Raya Puasa festival 3v set
 Cocos Islands  17.06.1999 Living mosaic 20v sheet
 Cocos Islands  13.06.2006 Coral reefs 20v sheet
 Cook Islands  11.07.1898 Definitives
 Cook Islands  1900 Definitives
 Cook Islands  01.09.1902 Definitives wmk
 Cook Islands  1915 Definitives wmk, p 14
 Cook Islands  1919 Definitives wmk, p 15x14
 Cook Islands  04.06.1963 Definitives
 Cook Islands  15.03.1973 Currency 7v set
 Cook Islands  16.09.1974 UPU, stamp on stamp 4v set
 Cook Islands  16.09.1974 UPU, stamp on stamp 4v sheet
 French  Antarctic Territory  02.01.2010 Ile du Lys
 French  Antarctic Territory  02.01.2017 White Tern Sheet
 French  Antarctic Territory  01.01.2019 White Tern
 French Polynesia  20.10.1980 Birds
 French Polynesia  15.09.2010 Birds of Polynesia Booklet, sa
 Grenadines (G)  30.06.1998 Seabirds Sheet
 Indonesia  05.06.2004 Environmental care 2v strip
 Indonesia  05.06.2004 Environmental care 2v sheet
 Kiribati  19.11.1985 Birds
 Kiribati  31.03.1987 Birds Booklet
 Kiribati  22.09.1987 Island maps 4v set
 Kiribati  15.08.2005 BirdLife International Sheet
 Maldive Islands  26.07.1977 Birds
 Maldive Islands  09.08.1990 Birds
 Maldive Islands  05.07.1993 Birds Sheet
 Maldive Islands  01.04.1999 Nature wonderland 6v set
 Maldive Islands  13.09.2000 Birds of the tropics
 Maldive Islands  08.04.2002 Birds of the Maldives  MS
 Marshall Islands  10.12.1987 Christmas 4v set
 Marshall Islands  11.10.1990 Birds
 Marshall Islands  16.07.1991 Birds Booklet
 Marshall Islands  09.01.1999 Birds of the Marshall Islands
 Marshall Islands  29.05.2002 Tropical island birds Sheet
 Marshall Islands  17.05.2018 Seabirds of the Pacific Sheet
 Marshall Islands  10.03.2019 Birds Sheet
 Micronesia  13.07.2015 Birds of Micronesia Sheet
 Nauru  03.05.1965 Definitives
 Nauru  31.01.1968 Overprint REPUBLIC OF NAURU on 1966.01-2
 Niuafo'ou  02.03.2016 Marine life 12v set
 Niue  23.07.1998 Coastal birds
 Norfolk Island  01.05.1961 Definitives
 Norfolk Island  14.02.1966 Surcharge on 1961.01-2
 Norfolk Island  14.02.1966 Surcharge, different, on 1961.01-2
 Norfolk Island  28.10.1980 Christmas
 Norfolk Island  10.08.1989 Internal self government 4v set
 Norfolk Island  12.11.2002 Christmas
 Norfolk Island  09.08.2006 Seabirds
 Palau  12.06.1984 Birds
 Palau  18.11.1986 Christmas 5v strip
 Palau  24.11.1987 Christmas 5v strip
 Palau  07.11.1988 Christmas 5v strip
 Palau  13.10.1989 Year of the young reader 10v set
 Palau  18.12.1989 Christmas Strip
 Palau  10.08.1990 Lagoon life 25v sheet
 Palau  28.11.1990 Christmas 5v strip
 Palau  10.07.1996 Birds over the Palau lagoon Sheet
 Pitcairn Islands  05.08.1964 Definitives
 Pitcairn Islands  10.07.1967 Surcharge on 1964.01
 Pitcairn Islands  08.03.1995 Birds
 Pitcairn Islands  20.11.1996 Birds
 Pitcairn Islands  14.01.2000 Galapagos Tortoise - Mr Turpen 4v strip
 Samoa  31.07.1989 Birds
 Samoa  07.03.2016 Pacific marine life 12v set
 Seychelles  27.04.1970 First settlement on St Anne Island 4v set
 Seychelles  10.11.1977 Definitives
 Seychelles  25.04.1979 Fauna 10r booklet
 Seychelles  26.10.1979 Fauna 20r booklet
 Seychelles  26.10.1979 Fauna 20r booklet
 Seychelles  28.11.1980 Fauna 15r booklet
 Seychelles  28.11.1980 Fauna 20r booklet
 Seychelles  09.01.1981 Definitives
 Seychelles  10.04.1981 Birds Strip
 Seychelles  15.03.1985 Expo '85 4v set
 Seychelles  01.11.1985 Definitives "AIR SEYCHELLES..."
 Seychelles  12.07.1986 Tokio 1986 4v sheet
 Seychelles  1989 Definitives
 Seychelles  14.12.1999 Millennium 4v set
 Solomon Islands  03.09.2015 Terns Sheet
 St Helena  12.12.1961 Definitives
 St Helena  20.12.1972 Royal Silver Wedding
 St Helena  26.08.1993 Birds
 St Helena  17.07.2008 Seabirds
 St Helena  11.11.2015 Definitives
 St Helena  11.11.2015 Definitives Sheet
 St Helena  01.12.2021 Birds at nest
 Tanzania  20.08.1999 Seabirds
 Tokelau  16.11.1977 Birds of Tokelau
 Tonga  26.08.1998 Birds
 Tonga  02.03.2016 Marine life 12 set
 Tonga  25.04.2016 Anniversary of the discovery of Northern Tonga Sheet
 Tristan da Cunha  12.04.1963 Overprint TRISTAN DA... on St Helena 1961.01
 Tuvalu  25.01.1978 Wild birds
 Tuvalu  02.03.1988 Birds
 Tuvalu  31.08.1994 SINGPEX 94
 Tuvalu  01.06.2000 Birds of the South Pacific Sheet
 Vanuatu  26.11.2008 Greetings
 Vanuatu  26.11.2008 Greetings  MS
 Wallis & Futuna  05.09.1978 Ocean birds
 Zil Elwannyen Sesel  04.07.1980 Birds
 
 Aitutaki  14.05.1973 Overprint AITUTAKI on Cook 1973.01
 Barbuda  12.08.1992 Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1991.01
 Cook Islands  09.11.1899 Definitives
 Cook Islands  1900 Definitives
 Cook Islands  01.02.1902 Definitives
 Cook Islands  01.09.1902 Definitives wmk
 Cook Islands  1911 Definitives wmk, p 14½x14
 Cook Islands  1919 Definitives wmk, p 15x14
 Cook Islands  04.05.1967 Surcharge on 1963.01
 Cook Islands  06.03.2023 Symbols of the Cook Islands 2v set
 Nauru  25.05.1966 Definitives
 Niuafo'ou  25.04.2016 Anniversary of the discovery of Northern Tonga 4v sheet
 Seychelles  1982 Definitives
 Seychelles  15.03.1985 Expo '85 4v sheet
 St Helena  04.01.1965 Overprint FIRST LOCAL POST on 1961.01
 Tuvalu  22.02.1989 Overprint OFFICIAL on 1988.01
 Zil Elwannyen Sesel  1981 Imprint 1981 on 1980.01
 
 
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