Gulls & Terns in Hungary
Our list for Hungary has 15 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 5 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Hungary in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 15, most common first
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantRare33–42 cmRegularly May–Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantRare21–25 cmRegularly Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusScarceRare64–79 cm
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantRare36–41 cmRegularly Jun
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Tern 21–25 cm
- White-winged Tern 20–27 cm
- Black Tern 22–26 cm
- Little Gull 25–30 cm
- Common Tern 31–35 cm
- Gull-billed Tern 33–42 cm
- Mediterranean Gull 37–40 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Kittiwake 37–41 cm
- Black-headed Gull 38–44 cm
- Common Gull 40–46 cm
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 52–64 cm
- Yellow-legged Gull 52–68 cm
- European Herring Gull 55–67 cm
- Great Black-backed Gull 64–79 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