Gulls & Terns in Manitoba
Our list for Manitoba has 13 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 8 summer visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Manitoba in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 13, most common first
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Nov
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantRare25–30 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantRare62–68 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly May–Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Jun
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Black Tern 22–26 cm
- Little Gull 25–30 cm
- Sabine's Gull 27–33 cm
- Bonaparte's Gull 28–38 cm
- Common Tern 31–35 cm
- Franklin's Gull 32–36 cm
- Forster's Tern 33–36 cm
- Arctic Tern 33–39 cm
- Ring-billed Gull 43–54 cm
- Iceland Gull 52–60 cm
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 52–64 cm
- American Herring Gull 53–65 cm
- Glaucous Gull 62–68 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