Gulls & Terns in French Guiana
Our list for French Guiana has 6 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 1 passage migrant and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in French Guiana in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerScarceRare22–26 cm
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusScarceRare20–27 cm
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantRare38–44 cmRegularly Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- White-winged Tern 20–27 cm
- Black Tern 22–26 cm
- Common Tern 31–35 cm
- Gull-billed Tern 33–42 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Black-headed Gull 38–44 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