Laridae · Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
20 species| Photo | English | සිංහල | தமிழ் | Scientific name | IUCN | Sri Lanka |
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| Black-Headed Gull | කළු-හිස මුහුදු කපුටා | கருந்தலை கடற்காக்கை | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Black-Naped Tern | කළු ගෙල මුහුදු ලිහිණියා | கறும்பிடரி ஆலா | Sterna sumatrana | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Bridled Tern | දුඹුරු පිට මුහුදු ලිහිණියා | கடிவாள ஆலா | Onychoprion anaethetus | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Brown Noddy | දුඹුරු මුහුදු ලිහිණියා | பழுப்பு ஆலா | Anous stolidus | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Brown-Headed Gull | දුඹුරු හිස් මුහුදු කුරුල්ලා | பழுப்புத்தலைக் கடற்காக்கை | Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Caspian Tern | ලොකු මුහුදු ලිහිණියා | காஸ்பியன் ஆலா | Hydroprogne caspia | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Common Tern | සාමාන්ය මුහුදු ලිහිණියා | பொது ஆலா | Sterna hirundo | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Great Crested Tern | ලොකු කොණ්ඩ මුහුදු ලිහිණියා | பெரிய கொண்டை ஆலா | Thalasseus bergii | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Gull-Billed Tern | මහත් හොට මුහුදු ලිහිණියා | பருத்த அலகு ஆலா | Gelochelidon nilotica | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Lesser Black-Backed Gull | කුඩා කළු පිට මුහුදු කුරුල්ලා | கருமுதுகுக் கடற்காக்கை | Larus fuscus | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Lesser Crested Tern | කුඩා කොණ්ඩ මුහුදු ලිහිණියා | சிறிய கொண்டை ஆலா | Thalasseus bengalensis | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Lesser Noddy | කුඩා දුඹුරු මුහුදු ලිහිණියා | சாம்பல்தலை ஆலா | Anous tenuirostris | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Little Tern | කුඩා මුහුදු ලිහිණියා | சிற்றாலா | Sternula albifrons | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Pallas’s Gull | — | பெரிய கருந்தலைக் கடற்காக்கை | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Sandwich Tern | කහ අග හොටැති මුහුදු ලිහිණියා | — | Thalasseus sandvicensis | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Saunders’s Tern | සෝන්ඩර්ස්ගේ මුහුදු ලිහිණියා | சாண்டர்ஸ் ஆலா | Sternula saundersi | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Slender-Billed Gull | — | மெல்லிய அலகு கடற்காக்கை | Chroicocephalus genei | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Sooty Tern | දුම්වන් මුහුදු ලිහිණියා | புகைப் பழுப்பு நிற ஆலா | Onychoprion fuscatus | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Whiskered Tern | — | மீசை ஆலா | Chlidonias hybrida | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| White-Winged Tern | සුදු පියාපත් මුහුදු ලිහිණියා | வெண்சிறகு ஆலா | Chlidonias leucopterus | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka |
