Gulls & Terns in Turks & Caicos Islands
Our list for Turks & Caicos Islands has 7 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Turks & Caicos Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorCommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantCommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Jun
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusPassage migrantCommon53–65 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Feb
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Tern 31–35 cm
- Roseate Tern 33–41 cm
- Gull-billed Tern 33–42 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Ring-billed Gull 43–54 cm
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 52–64 cm
- American Herring Gull 53–65 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