Gulls & Terns in Prince Edward Island
Our list for Prince Edward Island has 13 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor, 7 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Prince Edward Island in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 13, most common first
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jun–Dec
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jan–May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanScarceRare32–36 cmRegularly Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Black Tern 22–26 cm
- Bonaparte's Gull 28–38 cm
- Common Tern 31–35 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