Gulls & Terns in Albania
Our list for Albania has 11 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 3 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor, 3 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Albania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusScarceUncommon52–64 cm
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusScarceUncommon25–30 cm
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Tern 21–25 cm
- White-winged Tern 20–27 cm
- Black Tern 22–26 cm
- Little Gull 25–30 cm
- Common Tern 31–35 cm
- Gull-billed Tern 33–42 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Mediterranean Gull 37–40 cm
- Black-headed Gull 38–44 cm
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 52–64 cm
- Yellow-legged Gull 52–68 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made