Gulls & Terns in Vermont
Our list for Vermont has 11 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 2 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Vermont in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusScarceRare62–68 cm
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusScarceRare52–64 cm
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentRare25–30 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentRare37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Black Tern 22–26 cm
- Little Gull 25–30 cm
- Bonaparte's Gull 28–38 cm
- Common Tern 31–35 cm
- Kittiwake 37–41 cm
- Ring-billed Gull 43–54 cm
- Iceland Gull 52–60 cm
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 52–64 cm
- American Herring Gull 53–65 cm
- Glaucous Gull 62–68 cm
- Great Black-backed Gull 64–79 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