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107 gull or tern species are accepted answers for “Name a species of gull or tern”. Peruvian tern is the rarest species of gull or tern in this ranking, with 876 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). Snowy-crowned tern is the second-rarest with 1,023 monthly Wikipedia views, 1.17× the figure for Peruvian tern. Arctic tern is the most common species of gull or tern in this ranking, with 98,692 monthly Wikipedia views, 112.7× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 107 answers: 1,207,811. Peruvian tern is under 0.1% of that total. 22 answers are Epic or Legendary: Peruvian tern (Legendary), Snowy-crowned tern (Legendary), Kerguelen tern (Legendary), and 19 more.
Quick answer Most common
Arctic tern
Common
98,692 monthly Wikipedia views
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Rarity 0.000
Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).
Ranked answers 107 answers to “Name a species of gull or tern”, rarest first. A rarity of 1 is the rarest answer in this
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Rank Answer Tier Rarity Monthly Wikipedia views 1 Peruvian tern on Wikipedia Legendary 1.000 876 2 Snowy-crowned tern on Wikipedia Legendary 0.991 1,023 3 Kerguelen tern on Wikipedia Legendary 0.981 1,218 4 Yellow-billed tern on Wikipedia Legendary 0.972 1,331 5 Damara tern on Wikipedia Legendary 0.962 1,369 6 West African crested tern on Wikipedia Legendary 0.953 1,452 7 White-cheeked tern on Wikipedia Legendary 0.943 1,460 8 Spectacled tern on Wikipedia Legendary 0.934 1,548 9 South American tern on Wikipedia Epic 0.925 1,573 10 Saunders's tern on Wikipedia Epic 0.915 1,788 11 Large-billed tern on Wikipedia Epic 0.906 1,932 12 Australian tern on Wikipedia Epic 0.896 1,965 13 Black-fronted tern on Wikipedia Epic 0.882 2,158 14 Thayer's gull on Wikipedia Epic 0.882 2,158 15 Olrog's gull on Wikipedia Epic 0.868 2,191 16 Blue noddy on Wikipedia Epic 0.858 2,257 17 Cabot's tern on Wikipedia Epic 0.849 2,266 18 Black-bellied tern on Wikipedia Epic 0.840 2,539 19 Brown-hooded gull on Wikipedia Epic 0.830 2,583 20 White-eyed gull on Wikipedia Epic 0.821 2,643 21 Little white tern on Wikipedia Epic 0.811 2,674 22 Aleutian tern on Wikipedia Epic 0.802 2,691 23 Grey noddy on Wikipedia Rare 0.792 2,693 24 Mongolian gull on Wikipedia Rare 0.783 2,757 25 Sooty gull on Wikipedia Rare 0.774 2,779 26 Belcher's gull on Wikipedia Rare 0.764 2,782 27 Andean gull on Wikipedia Rare 0.755 2,810 28 Lesser noddy on Wikipedia Rare 0.745 2,911 29 Hartlaub's gull on Wikipedia Rare 0.736 2,927 30 Black-naped tern on Wikipedia Rare 0.726 2,945 31 Grey-headed gull on Wikipedia Rare 0.717 3,075 32 Relict gull on Wikipedia Rare 0.708 3,124 33 Yellow-footed gull on Wikipedia Rare 0.698 3,346 34 White-fronted tern on Wikipedia Rare 0.689 3,389 35 Dolphin gull on Wikipedia Rare 0.679 3,390 36 Saunders's gull on Wikipedia Rare 0.670 3,421 37 River tern on Wikipedia Rare 0.660 3,884 38 Slaty-backed gull on Wikipedia Rare 0.651 4,173 39 African skimmer on Wikipedia Rare 0.642 4,318 40 Lesser crested tern on Wikipedia Rare 0.632 4,450 41 Chinese crested tern on Wikipedia Rare 0.623 4,653 42 Slender-billed gull on Wikipedia Rare 0.613 4,957 43 Elegant tern on Wikipedia Rare 0.604 5,036 44 Grey gull on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.594 5,133 45 Vega gull on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.585 5,180 46 White-winged tern on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.575 5,382 47 Lava gull on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.566 5,582 48 Black-billed gull on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.557 6,023 49 Brown-headed gull on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.547 6,233 50 Armenian gull on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.538 6,327 51 Red-legged kittiwake on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.528 6,435 52 Bridled tern on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.519 6,547 53 Heermann's gull on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.509 6,559 54 Short-billed gull on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.500 6,594 55 Atlantic white tern on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.491 6,753 56 Gull-billed tern on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.481 6,887 57 Antarctic tern on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.472 6,914 58 Forster's tern on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.462 6,969 59 Blue-billed white tern on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.453 6,984 60 Indian skimmer on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.443 7,102 61 Iceland gull on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.434 7,220 62 Whiskered tern on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.425 7,305 63 Audouin's gull on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.415 7,808 64 Mediterranean gull on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.406 7,953 65 Ross's gull on Wikipedia Familiar 0.396 8,252 66 Swallow-tailed gull on Wikipedia Familiar 0.387 8,269 67 Fairy tern on Wikipedia Familiar 0.377 8,358 68 Pallas's gull on Wikipedia Familiar 0.368 8,422 69 Glaucous-winged gull on Wikipedia Familiar 0.358 8,761 70 Least tern on Wikipedia Familiar 0.349 9,185 71 Black noddy on Wikipedia Familiar 0.340 9,509 72 Black tern on Wikipedia Familiar 0.330 9,547 73 Little tern on Wikipedia Familiar 0.321 9,921 74 Franklin's gull on Wikipedia Familiar 0.311 9,941 75 Greater crested tern on Wikipedia Familiar 0.302 10,934 76 Caspian gull on Wikipedia Familiar 0.292 10,994 77 Ivory gull on Wikipedia Familiar 0.283 11,113 78 Black-tailed gull on Wikipedia Familiar 0.274 11,375 79 Little gull on Wikipedia Familiar 0.264 11,735 80 Roseate tern on Wikipedia Familiar 0.255 12,874 81 Brown noddy on Wikipedia Familiar 0.245 13,369 82 Royal tern on Wikipedia Familiar 0.236 13,577 83 Glaucous gull on Wikipedia Familiar 0.226 14,138 84 Sandwich tern on Wikipedia Familiar 0.217 14,284 85 Inca tern on Wikipedia Familiar 0.208 14,697 86 Bonaparte's gull on Wikipedia Common 0.198 15,221 87 Sabine's gull on Wikipedia Common 0.189 16,446 88 Silver gull on Wikipedia Common 0.179 16,464 89 Kelp gull on Wikipedia Common 0.170 18,897 90 California gull on Wikipedia Common 0.160 19,299 91 Western gull on Wikipedia Common 0.151 19,360 92 Caspian tern on Wikipedia Common 0.142 19,702 93 Pacific gull on Wikipedia Common 0.132 20,504 94 Black skimmer on Wikipedia Common 0.123 20,947 95 Ring-billed gull on Wikipedia Common 0.113 22,450 96 Lesser black-backed gull on Wikipedia Common 0.104 22,526 97 Yellow-legged gull on Wikipedia Common 0.094 25,680 98 Common gull on Wikipedia Common 0.085 26,377 99 Black-legged kittiwake on Wikipedia Common 0.075 26,412 100 Laughing gull on Wikipedia Common 0.066 28,034 101 American herring gull on Wikipedia Common 0.057 28,192 102 Common tern on Wikipedia Common 0.047 31,046 103 Sooty tern on Wikipedia Common 0.038 52,032 104 Great black-backed gull on Wikipedia Common 0.028 53,796 105 Black-headed gull on Wikipedia Common 0.019 66,652 106 European herring gull on Wikipedia Common 0.009 76,422 107 Arctic tern on Wikipedia Common 0.000 98,692
FAQ What is the rarest species of gull or tern? Peruvian tern is the rarest species of gull or tern in this ranking, with 876 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).
How many species of gull or tern are there? There are 107 species of gull or tern in this ranking, from Peruvian tern (rarest) to Arctic tern (most common).
What is the most common species of gull or tern? Arctic tern is the most common species of gull or tern in this ranking, with 98,692 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).
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Sources Recorded source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10). The answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0), and the view counts are monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Rarity is the percentile of the popularity figure inside this prompt: 1 is the rarest and 0 is the most common. Linked names open the English Wikipedia article stored on that answer.