(Extinct) Black guillemot, Cepphus grylle Ancient murrelet, Synthliboramphus antiquus (A) Atlantic puffin, Fratercula arctica Tufted puffin, Fratercula cirrhata (A) Gulls, terns, and skimmers Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Laridae Laridae is a family of medium to large seabirds and includes gulls, terns, kittiwakes, and skimmers. They are typically grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. Black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla Ivory gull, Pagophila eburnea (R) Sabine's gull, Xema sabini (R) Bonaparte's gull, Chroicocephalus philadelphia Black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus Little gull, Hydrocoleus minutus Laughing gull, Leucophaeus atricilla Franklin's gull, Leucophaeus pipixcan (R) Common gull, Larus canus (R) Short-billed gull, Larus brachyrhynchus (A) Ring-billed gull, Larus delawarensis California gull, Larus californicus (A) Herring gull, Larus argentatus Iceland gull, Larus glaucoides Lesser black-backed gull, Larus fuscus Slaty-backed gull, Larus schistisagus (A) Glaucous gull, Larus hyperboreus Great black-backed gull, Larus marinus Sooty tern, Onychoprion fuscatus (A) Bridled tern, Onychoprion anaethetus (A) Least tern, Sternula antillarum (A) Gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon nilotica (A) Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia Black tern, Chlidonias niger White-winged tern, Chlidonias leucopterus (A) Roseate tern, Sterna dougallii Common tern, Sterna hirundo Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea Forster's tern, Sterna forsteri (R) Royal tern, Thalasseus maximus (A) Sandwich tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis (A) Black skimmer, Rynchops niger (A) Tropicbirds Order: PhaethontiformesFamily: Phaethontidae Tropicbirds are slender white birds of tropical oceans with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their long wings have black markings, as does the head. Red-billed tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus (A) Loons Order: GaviiformesFamily: Gaviidae Loons are aquatic birds, the size of a large duck, to which they are unrelated. Their plumage is largely grey or black, and they have spear-shaped bills. Loons swim well and fly adequately, but are almost hopeless on land, because their legs are placed towards the rear of the body. Red-throated loon, Gavia stellata Pacific loon, Gavia pacifica (A) Common loon, Gavia immer Albatrosses Order: ProcellariiformesFamily: Diomedeidae The albatrosses are amongst the largest of flying birds, and the great albatrosses from the genus Diomedea have the largest wingspans of any extant birds. Yellow-nosed albatross, Thalassarche chlororhynchos (A) Southern storm-petrels Order: ProcellariiformesFamily: Oceanitidae The storm-petrels are the smallest seabirds, relatives of the petrels, feeding on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. The flight is fluttering and sometimes bat-like. Until 2018, this family's three species were included with the other storm-petrels in family Hydrobatidae. Wilson's storm-petrel, Oceanites oceanicus