Gulls & Terns in Guyana
Our list for Guyana has 4 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 1 winter visitor and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Guyana in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly May–Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantRare36–41 cmRegularly Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Tern 31–35 cm
- Gull-billed Tern 33–42 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 52–64 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