Gulls & Terns in Algeria
Our list for Algeria has 9 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 3 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Algeria in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantCommon33–42 cmRegularly Jul
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiPassage migrantUncommon48–52 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Jun
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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