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White-cheeked Tern
Sterna repressa E.Hartert, 1916
The white-cheeked tern (Sterna repressa) is a Least Concern tern found across tr…
Antarctic Tern
Sterna vittata J.F.Gmelin, 1789
Sterna vittata, the Antarctic tern, is a medium-sized southern hemisphere seabir…
White-fronted Tern
Sterna striata J.F.Gmelin, 1789
Sterna striata, the white-fronted tern, is a medium-sized coastal tern found in …
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chlidonias niger, the black tern, is a small migratory tern species that breeds …
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck, 1815)
Chlidonias leucopterus is a bird that breeds across Eurasia and winters in Afric…
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida (Pallas, 1811)
Chlidonias hybrida, the whiskered tern, is a marsh tern with distinct plumage tr…
Black-fronted Tern
Chlidonias albostriatus (G.R.Gray, 1845)
Chlidonias albostriatus, the black-fronted tern, is a small-medium New Zealand b…
Inca Tern
Larosterna inca (R.Lesson & Garnot, 1827)
Larosterna inca, the Inca tern, is a distinctive plumaged seabird native to the …
Large-billed Tern
Phaetusa simplex (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)
Phaetusa simplex, the large-billed tern, is a large yellow-billed tern with defi…
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Onychoprion fuscatus, the sooty tern, is a pelagic medium-large migratory tern t…
Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus (Scopoli, 1786)
Onychoprion anaethetus, the bridled tern, is a medium-sized marine migratory ter…
Aleutian Tern
Onychoprion aleuticus (S.F.Baird, 1869)
Onychoprion aleuticus, the Aleutian tern, is a medium-sized migratory tern breed…
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons (Pallas, 1764)
Sternula albifrons, the little tern, is a small migratory tern with distinctive …
Least Tern
Sternula antillarum R.Lesson, 1847
This is a description of the feeding, roosting, nesting, and predation patterns …
Yellow-billed Tern
Sternula superciliaris (Vieillot, 1819)
Sternula superciliaris is a small bird with distinct adult plumage and differing…
Australasian Fairy Tern
Sternula nereis Gould, 1843
Sternula nereis, the fairy tern, is a small 25 cm tern with distinct plumage dif…
Peruvian Tern
Sternula lorata (Philippi & Landbeck, 1861)
Sternula lorata, the Peruvian tern, is a small endemic tern of South America's t…
Damara Tern
Sternula balaenarum Strickland, 1853
Sternula balaenarum, the Damara tern, is a small pale tern that breeds in coasta…
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)
Gelochelidon nilotica, the gull-billed tern, is a fairly large powerful tern wit…
Australian Tern
Gelochelidon macrotarsa (Gould, 1837)
Gelochelidon macrotarsa is a distinctive large Australian tern that reaches New …
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia (Pallas, 1770)
Hydroprogne caspia, the Caspian tern, is the world's largest tern, found across …
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus (Boddaert, 1783)
Thalasseus maximus, the royal tern, is a large seabird found on both coasts of t…
Great Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii (M.H.K.Lichtenstein, 1823)
Thalasseus bergii, the greater crested tern, is a large Old World coastal tern w…
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis (Latham, 1787)
Thalasseus sandvicensis, the Sandwich tern, is a medium-large tern with distinct…
