Gulls & Terns in Lithuania
Our list for Lithuania has 14 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 6 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Lithuania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 14, most common first
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantRare37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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
- Arctic Tern 33–39 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Mediterranean Gull 37–40 cm
- Kittiwake 37–41 cm
- Black-headed Gull 38–44 cm
- Common Gull 40–46 cm
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 52–64 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