Gulls & Terns in Saudi Arabia
Our list for Saudi Arabia has 8 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 2 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Saudi Arabia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentCommon33–42 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Dec
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisScarceRare52–68 cm
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