Gulls & Terns in Qatar
Our list for Qatar has 7 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 4 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Qatar in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorCommon33–42 cmRegularly Aug–May
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantCommon21–25 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Feb
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Jan–Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Tern 21–25 cm
- White-winged Tern 20–27 cm
- Common Tern 31–35 cm
- Gull-billed Tern 33–42 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Black-headed Gull 38–44 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