Gulls & Terns in New Brunswick
Our list for New Brunswick has 15 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 3 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in New Brunswick in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 15, most common first
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Feb
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–May
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantRare38–44 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly Jun
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Black Tern 22–26 cm
- Little Gull 25–30 cm
- Sabine's Gull 27–33 cm
- Common Tern 31–35 cm
- Bonaparte's Gull 28–38 cm
- Franklin's Gull 32–36 cm
- Arctic Tern 33–39 cm
- Kittiwake 37–41 cm
- Black-headed Gull 38–44 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
- Great Black-backed Gull 64–79 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