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Sterna forsteri Nuitall 



{Forster tern) 

 Sterna hirundo Linnaeus 

 {Common tern) 

 Sterna paradisaea Briinnich 

 {Arctic tern) 

 Sterna dougalli Montagu 

 {Roseate tern) 

 Sterna antillarum {Lesson) 

 {Least tern) 

 Sterna fuscata Linnaeus 

 {Sooty tern) 

 Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis 



{Gmelin) 



{Black tern) 



Family Rhynchopidae 



Skimmers 

 Rynchops nigra Linnaeus 

 {Black skimmer) 



Order Turbinares 

 Tube-nosed swimmers 



Family Pviffinidae 



Fulmars, Shearwaters and Petrels 

 Fulmarus glacialis {Linnaeus) 

 {Fulmar) 

 Puffinus borealis Cory 

 {Cory shearwater) 

 Puffinus gravis {O'Reilly) 

 {Greater shearzvater) 

 Puffinus puffinus {Briinnich) 



{Manx shearwater) 

 Puffinus lherminieri Lesson 



{Audiibon shearwater) 

 Puffinus griseus {Gmelin) 



{Sooty shearzvater) 

 Aestrelata hasitata {KM) 



{Black-capped petrel) 

 Aestrelata scalaris Brewster 

 {Scaled petrel) 



Family FVocellnriidae 



Stormy petrels 

 Thalassidroma pclagica {Linnaeus) 



{Stormy petrel) 

 Oceanodroma leucorrhoa {Vieillot) 



{Leach petrel) 



Oceanites oceanicus {Kuhl) 

 {Wilson petrel) 



Order Steganopodes 



Totipalmate birds 



Family Phaethontidae 



Tropic birds 

 Phaethon americanus Grant 

 {Yellow-billed tropic bird) 



Family Sulidae 



Gannets 

 Sula leucogaster {Boddaert) 

 {Booby) 

 Sula bassana {Linnaeus) 

 {Gannet) 



Family Phalacrocoracidae 



Cormorants 

 Phalacrocorax carbo {Linnaeus) 



{Cormorant) 

 Phalacrocorax auritus {Lesson) 

 {Double-crested cormorant) 



Family Pe'ecanldae 



Pelicans 



Pelecanus erythrorhynchus Gmelin 

 {American white pelican) 

 Pelecanus fuscus Linnaeus 

 {Brown pelican) 



Family Fregatidae 



Man-o'-zvar birds 

 Fregata aquila {Linnaeus) 

 {Man-o'-war bird) 



Order Anseres 

 Lamellirostral swimmers 



Family AnatJdae 



Ducks, Geese and Swans 



Subfamily Merglnae 



Mergansers 

 Mergus americanus Cassin 



{American merganser) 

 Mergus serrator Linnaeus 

 {Red-breasted merganser) 

 Lophodytes cucullatus {Linnaeus) 

 {Hooded merganser) 



