Gulls & Terns in Romania
Our list for Romania has 15 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 7 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Romania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 15, most common first
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusPassage migrantUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
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
- Gull-billed Tern 33–42 cm
- Mediterranean Gull 37–40 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Black-headed Gull 38–44 cm
- Common Gull 40–46 cm
- Ring-billed Gull 43–54 cm
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 52–64 cm
- Yellow-legged Gull 52–68 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