Gulls & Terns in Cyprus
Our list for Cyprus has 13 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 4 winter visitors, 6 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Cyprus in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 13, most common first
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiPassage migrantUncommon48–52 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–May
Common GullLarus canusScarceRare40–46 cm
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Tern 21–25 cm
- White-winged Tern 20–27 cm
- Black Tern 22–26 cm
- Little Gull 25–30 cm
- Common Tern 31–35 cm
- Gull-billed Tern 33–42 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Mediterranean Gull 37–40 cm
- Black-headed Gull 38–44 cm
- Common Gull 40–46 cm
- Audouin's Gull 48–52 cm
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 52–64 cm
- Yellow-legged Gull 52–68 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