Gulls & Terns in Thailand
Our list for Thailand has 10 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 summer visitor, 5 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Thailand in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisWinter visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaScarceRare37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Vega GullLarus vegaePassage migrantRare55–67 cmRegularly Nov–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