Gull-billed Tern
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Gull-billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica

Overview

Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti National Park and Lake Nakuru National Park are among the six atlas places where the Gull-billed Tern is recorded. Its records concentrate most heavily in the United States, India and Spain. The atlas contains about 203,000 records of Gelochelidon nilotica across 36 countries, and the map shows where these sightings concentrate.

Because this bird is recorded in both hemispheres, the active months differ by region. Each place page in the atlas shows the particular months recorded for that area.

Records
202,747
Countries
36
Atlas places
6
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Gull-billed Tern as much as where it lives. The atlas keeps a species' 200 best-recorded grid cells, so the map shows where records concentrate rather than its whole range. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • United States
    25 km zone · high confidence · 105424 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • India
    25 km zone · high confidence · 19437 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Spain
    25 km zone · high confidence · 18839 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • France
    25 km zone · high confidence · 9873 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • United Arab Emirates
    25 km zone · high confidence · 4954 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Australia
    25 km zone · high confidence · 4594 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • China
    25 km zone · high confidence · 4562 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Taiwan
    25 km zone · high confidence · 4234 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Thailand
    25 km zone · high confidence · 3404 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Israel
    25 km zone · high confidence · 3373 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of Gull-billed Tern