Gulls & Terns in Brazil
Our list for Brazil has 5 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Brazil in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentRare36–41 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentRare31–35 cmRecorded all year
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentRare33–42 cmRecorded all year
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanScarceRare32–36 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Tern 31–35 cm
- Franklin's Gull 32–36 cm
- Roseate Tern 33–41 cm
- Gull-billed Tern 33–42 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 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