Gulls & Terns in Tanzania
Our list for Tanzania has 8 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 3 summer visitors, 2 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Tanzania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Jul–Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantRare38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Little TernSternula albifronsScarceRare21–25 cm
Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostrisScarceRare30–34 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