Gulls & Terns in Gambia
Our list for Gambia has 8 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 6 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Gambia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsWinter visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Dec
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
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