Here we have grouped together gulls, skuas and terns which are sometimes referred to as shorebirds as are some other birds such as waders.
The gulls have stout bills and webbed feet. Most of these birds have loud wailing or squawking calls. The sexes look the same. They are opportunist that scavenge food and mostly feed on live food such as crabs, small fish, eggs, other birds’ chicks and insects. They usually live near the sea. Their nest is on the ground often in large noisy colonies and they lay two or three eggs.

	Hettumáfur – Black-hooded Gull – Chroicocephalus ridibundus	ORNOSK blogs
	Hvítmáfur – Glaucous Gull – Larus hyperboreus	ORNOSK blogs
	Kjói –  Artic Skua – Stercorarius parasiticus	ORNOSK blogs
	Kría – Arctic Tern – Sterna paradisaea	ORNOSK blogs
	Rita –Black-legged Kittiwake – Rissa tridactyla	ORNOSK blogs
	Sílamáfur –  Lesser Black-backed Gull – Larus fus	ORNOSK blogs
	Silfurmáfur – Herring Gull – Larus argentatus	ORNOSK blogs
	Skúmur – Great Skua – Stercorarius skua	ORNOSK blogs
	Stormmáfur – Common Gull – Larus canus	ORNOSK blogs
	Svartbakur – Great Black-backed Gull – Larus marinus	ORNOSK blogs