Gulls & Terns in Tunisia
Our list for Tunisia has 10 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 3 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Tunisia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantCommon37–40 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantCommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiPassage migrantUncommon48–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
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