Gulls & Terns in Egypt
Our list for Egypt has 10 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 4 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Egypt in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentCommon33–42 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Aug–May
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Sep–May
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisPassage migrantRare52–68 cmRegularly Jan
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusScarceRare25–30 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