Gulls & Terns in Vietnam
Our list for Vietnam has 8 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor, 2 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Vietnam in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiScarceRare33–41 cm
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantRare52–64 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
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