Gulls & Terns in Taiwan
Our list for Taiwan has 11 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 5 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Taiwan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly May–Nov
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Vega GullLarus vegaeWinter visitorRare55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Common GullLarus canusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Feb
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