Gulls & Terns in Jordan
Our list for Jordan has 8 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 1 winter visitor, 6 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Jordan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–May
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisScarceUncommon36–41 cm
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisPassage migrantUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
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