Charadriiformes, order Charadriiformes - large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters: shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on anima life

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

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