Gulls & Terns in Cayman Islands
Our list for Cayman Islands has 8 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors, 3 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Cayman Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisScarceUncommon43–54 cm
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusScarceUncommon53–65 cm
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanScarceRare32–36 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