Gulls & Terns in Kenya
Our list for Kenya has 8 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Kenya in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Aug–May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentRare52–64 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentRare31–35 cmRecorded all year
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantRare21–25 cmRegularly Dec–May
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiWinter visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostrisPassage migrantRare30–34 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
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