Gulls & Terns in Chile
Our list for Chile has 6 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 4 summer visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Chile in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Oct–May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorRare31–35 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorRare36–41 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantRare33–42 cmRegularly Nov–May
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Sabine's Gull 27–33 cm
- Common Tern 31–35 cm
- Franklin's Gull 32–36 cm
- Arctic Tern 33–39 cm
- Gull-billed Tern 33–42 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 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