Gulls & Terns in Czechia
Our list for Czechia has 15 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 3 summer visitors, 5 winter visitors, 5 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Czechia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 15, most common first
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorRare64–79 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisScarceRare36–41 cm
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Apr–May
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantRare21–25 cmRegularly May–Jun
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
- Arctic Tern 33–39 cm
- Mediterranean Gull 37–40 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Kittiwake 37–41 cm
- Black-headed Gull 38–44 cm
- Common Gull 40–46 cm
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 52–64 cm
- Yellow-legged Gull 52–68 cm
- European Herring Gull 55–67 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