Gulls & Terns in Pakistan
Our list for Pakistan has 8 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor, 3 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Pakistan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Black-bellied TernSterna acuticaudaPassage migrantRare32–35 cmRegularly Dec–May
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly May
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