Gulls & Terns in Serbia
Our list for Serbia has 12 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 4 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Serbia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 12, most common first
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly Dec–Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusPassage migrantRare55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantRare21–25 cmRegularly May–Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusPassage migrantRare64–79 cmRegularly Nov
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
- Mediterranean Gull 37–40 cm
- Black-headed Gull 38–44 cm
- Common Gull 40–46 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