Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyLaridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)
- GenusGelochelidon (Gull-billed Terns)
- SpeciesGelochelidon nilotica (Gull-billed Tern)
Closest Relatives at Parque Natural Metropolitano
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
Black Skimmer
Rynchops niger
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Southern Lapwing
Vanellus chilensis
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Wattled Jacana
Jacana jacana
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseus
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Gull-billed Tern at Parque Natural Metropolitano — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there