Gulls & Terns in Western Australia
Our list for Western Australia has 8 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 4 summer visitors, 1 passage migrant and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Western Australia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Oct–May
Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostrisPassage migrantUncommon30–34 cmRegularly Feb–May
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Jul–May
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanScarceRare32–36 cm
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaScarceRare33–39 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Tern 21–25 cm
- White-winged Tern 20–27 cm
- Lesser Noddy 30–34 cm
- Common Tern 31–35 cm
- Franklin's Gull 32–36 cm
- Arctic Tern 33–39 cm
- Roseate Tern 33–41 cm
- Gull-billed Tern 33–42 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