Gulls & Terns in Nunavut
Our list for Nunavut has 10 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 4 summer visitors, 4 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Nunavut in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusSummer visitorCommon62–68 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesSummer visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Dec
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly May–Dec
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Oct
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantCommon33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusSummer visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly May–Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly May–Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantCommon27–33 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisScarceUncommon43–54 cm
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaScarceUncommon28–38 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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