Gulls & Terns in St Pierre & Miquelon
Our list for St Pierre & Miquelon has 11 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 3 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors, 3 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in St Pierre & Miquelon in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–May
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantCommon33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Apr–May
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaScarceUncommon28–38 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Tern 31–35 cm
- Bonaparte's Gull 28–38 cm
- Arctic Tern 33–39 cm
- Kittiwake 37–41 cm
- Black-headed Gull 38–44 cm
- Ring-billed Gull 43–54 cm
- Iceland Gull 52–60 cm
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 52–64 cm
- American Herring Gull 53–65 cm
- Glaucous Gull 62–68 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