Gulls & Terns in Mozambique
Our list for Mozambique has 8 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors, 4 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Mozambique in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Sep–May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Feb–Apr
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Damara TernSternula balaenarumPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaScarceRare33–42 cm
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusScarceRare52–64 cmRegularly Mar
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