Gull-billed Tern
Photo · (c) Andrew Allen, some rights reserved (CC BY)

BirdUp · Species

Gull-billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica(Gmelin, JF, 1789)

Native
Order
CHARADRIIFORMES
Family
Laridae
Commonness
Very common
Best seen
Year-round

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The gull-billed tern is a tern in the family Laridae. It is widely distributed and breeds in scattered localities in Europe, Asia, northwest Africa, and the Americas. The Australian gull-billed tern was previously considered a subspecies.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
PAL, AF, OR, NA, MA, SA : widespread inland, south-west Europe to north-east China; coastal China; coastal west North Atlantic and Caribbean; coastal south California and Mexico; coastal South America and inland north-central Argentina
Non-breeding range
To subtropical and tropical coasts, rivers and lakes worldwide (except remote is.)

03 · When

When to look

Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.

  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec

05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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