coastal diving bird

Types:

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larid

long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family

skimmer

gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food

jaeger

rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey

gull, sea gull, seagull

mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs

tern

small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail

Stercorarius parasiticus, arctic skua, parasitic jaeger

a variety of jaeger

bonxie, skua

gull-like jaeger of northern seas

Type of:

sea bird, seabird, seafowl

a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.