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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 tropical and subtropical Middle Eastern and South Asian coasts.
Antarctic Tern
Sterna vittata J.F.Gmelin, 1789
Sterna vittata, the Antarctic tern, is a medium-sized southern hemisphere seabird with distinct plumages and opportunistic feeding habits.
White-fronted Tern
Sterna striata J.F.Gmelin, 1789
Sterna striata, the white-fronted tern, is a medium-sized coastal tern found in Australia and New Zealand that feeds on small fish.
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chlidonias niger, the black tern, is a small migratory tern species that breeds across North America, Europe, and western Asia.
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck, 1815)
Chlidonias leucopterus is a bird that breeds across Eurasia and winters in Africa, southern Asia and Australia, occasionally vagrating to the Americas.
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida (Pallas, 1811)
Chlidonias hybrida, the whiskered tern, is a marsh tern with distinct plumage traits by age and season that eats small aquatic and terrestrial prey.
Black-fronted Tern
Chlidonias albostriatus (G.R.Gray, 1845)
Chlidonias albostriatus, the black-fronted tern, is a small-medium New Zealand bird with specific appearance, range and conservation needs.
Inca Tern
Larosterna inca (R.Lesson & Garnot, 1827)
Larosterna inca, the Inca tern, is a distinctive plumaged seabird native to the Humboldt Current region of western South America.
Large-billed Tern
Phaetusa simplex (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)
Phaetusa simplex, the large-billed tern, is a large yellow-billed tern with defined plumage that varies between breeding and non-breeding adults.
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Onychoprion fuscatus, the sooty tern, is a pelagic medium-large migratory tern that is not currently threatened.
Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus (Scopoli, 1786)
Onychoprion anaethetus, the bridled tern, is a medium-sized marine migratory tern with four disputed subspecies distributed across tropical oceans.
Aleutian Tern
Onychoprion aleuticus (S.F.Baird, 1869)
Onychoprion aleuticus, the Aleutian tern, is a medium-sized migratory tern breeding in subarctic Pacific coasts.
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons (Pallas, 1764)
Sternula albifrons, the little tern, is a small migratory tern with distinctive plumage and feeding habits.
Least Tern
Sternula antillarum R.Lesson, 1847
This is a description of the feeding, roosting, nesting, and predation patterns of the least tern Sternula antillarum.
Yellow-billed Tern
Sternula superciliaris (Vieillot, 1819)
Sternula superciliaris is a small bird with distinct adult plumage and differing juvenile coloration.
Australasian Fairy Tern
Sternula nereis Gould, 1843
Sternula nereis, the fairy tern, is a small 25 cm tern with distinct plumage differences between breeding and non-breeding seasons.
Peruvian Tern
Sternula lorata (Philippi & Landbeck, 1861)
Sternula lorata, the Peruvian tern, is a small endemic tern of South America's tropical west coast with specific habitats and breeding habits.
Damara Tern
Sternula balaenarum Strickland, 1853
Sternula balaenarum, the Damara tern, is a small pale tern that breeds in coastal Southern Africa and migrates north for the non-breeding season.
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)
Gelochelidon nilotica, the gull-billed tern, is a fairly large powerful tern with distinctive feeding habits found across many warmer regions globally.
Australian Tern
Gelochelidon macrotarsa (Gould, 1837)
Gelochelidon macrotarsa is a distinctive large Australian tern that reaches New Guinea in non-breeding seasons.
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia (Pallas, 1770)
Hydroprogne caspia, the Caspian tern, is the world's largest tern, found across multiple continents with some declining populations.
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus (Boddaert, 1783)
Thalasseus maximus, the royal tern, is a large seabird found on both coasts of the Americas with distinctive plumage variation through the year.
Great Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii (M.H.K.Lichtenstein, 1823)
Thalasseus bergii, the greater crested tern, is a large Old World coastal tern with distinct plumage and multiple subspecies.
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis (Latham, 1787)
Thalasseus sandvicensis, the Sandwich tern, is a medium-large tern with distinctive black yellow-tipped bills and specific plumage patterns.
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