Gulls & Terns in Macao SAR China
Our list for Macao SAR China has 4 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 3 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
All 4, most common first
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisPassage migrantCommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusScarceUncommon20–27 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- White-winged Tern 20–27 cm
- Black-headed Gull 38–44 cm
- Black-tailed Gull 43–51 cm
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 52–64 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