Gulls & Terns in Lebanon
Our list for Lebanon has 7 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 4 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Lebanon in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusScarceUncommon37–40 cm
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusScarceUncommon25–30 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- White-winged Tern 20–27 cm
- Little Gull 25–30 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Mediterranean Gull 37–40 cm
- Black-headed Gull 38–44 cm
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 52–64 cm
- Yellow-legged Gull 52–68 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