Gulls & Terns in Guatemala
Our list for Guatemala has 9 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 6 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Guatemala in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanWinter visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Oct–May
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorRare31–35 cmRegularly Aug–May
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Oct–May
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisPassage migrantRare43–54 cmRegularly Jan
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