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Little Tern
Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Little tern hovering - Steve Round
aerial view of RSPB Hodbarrow reserve - RSPB Images - David Wootton (rspb-images.com, Ref: D_2006_11536_0015 )
Little tern at nest, stretching wings - Chris Gomersall (rspb-images.com, Ref: 1614076_00026_002.) ...
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Little tern - species profile (PDF - 232KB)
Little Tern - profile
Scientific name: Sterna albifrons
Conservation status in NSW: Endangered ...
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- Little Tern: Little Tern (Drawing & Info - Birds of Britain) - Roseate Tern Tern aka Graceful Tern (Sterna dougallii) - Royal Tern ...
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The Least Tern, very similar to the Old World Little Tern (Sterna albifrons), breeds widely along coastal beaches and major interior rivers of North America and winters broadly across marine coastlines of Central and South America.
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Little Tern Sterna albifrons Damara Tern Sterna balaenarum White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa (A) Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus (A) Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus ...
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Medeiros, R., Ramos, J. A., Paiva, V. H., Almeida, A., Pedro, P. and Antunes, S. (2007) Signage reduces the impact of human disturbance on little tern nesting success in Portugal.. Biol. Conserv. 135: 99-106.
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Little care is required to form a cradle for their progeny; in a short time the variegated eggs are deposited, the little Terns soon burst the shell, and in a few days hobble towards the edge of the water, as if to save their fond parents trouble; ...
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Sterna albirons - Little Tern Chlidonias Chlidonias hybridus - Whiskered Tern Chlidonias niger - Black Tern (photo) Chlidonias leucopterus - White-winged Black Tern Alcidae - Alcids Uria Uria aalge - Common Murre (photo) ...
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 See also: Arctic Tern, Pigeon, Pheasant, Lapwing, Petrel
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