Gulls & Terns in Yukon Territory
Our list for Yukon Territory has 9 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 3 summer visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Yukon Territory in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentRare43–54 cmRegularly Apr–May
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly May–Jun
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