Gulls & Terns in Azerbaijan
Our list for Azerbaijan has 11 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 summer visitors, 7 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Azerbaijan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantCommon20–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorCommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantCommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common GullLarus canusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerScarceUncommon22–26 cm
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
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
- Common Gull 40–46 cm
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 52–64 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