Gulls & Terns in Guadeloupe
Our list for Guadeloupe has 8 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors, 4 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Guadeloupe in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly May–Nov
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusScarceUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisScarceUncommon43–54 cm
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct
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