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Where does the Gull-billed Tern live?

Gelochelidon nilotica has 418,320 records in 202 countries and territories, from 1832 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Gull-billed Tern
Gull-billed Tern — Eric Kershner/USFWS / CC BY 2.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesCharadriiformesLaridaeGelochelidon

When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 140,086
Spain 49,139
India 37,900
Australia 19,520
France 18,425
Mexico 10,209
Netherlands 9,332
Taiwan 7,330
United Arab Emirates 6,959
Kenya 6,940
Sri Lanka 6,852
China 5,929
Israel 5,080
Portugal 4,779
Thailand 4,528
Türkiye 3,759
Tanzania 3,231
Senegal 2,818
Greece 2,791
Colombia 2,609
Gambia 2,582
Ecuador 2,562
Venezuela 2,447
Argentina 2,383
Belize 2,331
Uganda 2,312
Oman 2,307
Philippines 2,092
Costa Rica 1,949
Panama 1,870
Hong Kong 1,794
Egypt 1,784
Brazil 1,769
Cuba 1,754
Kuwait 1,735
Morocco 1,708
Iran 1,659
Italy 1,631
Malaysia 1,534
Denmark 1,451

Showing the top 40 of 202 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.