TERN (Norsk taerne, tenne or tende; Swedish tdrna; Dutch Stern l y, the name now applied generally to a group of sea-birds, 1 " Starn " was used in Norfolk in the 19th century as a name for the bird commonly known as the black tern, ...
Tern
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common name for a sea bird of the Old and New Worlds, smaller than the related gull. Because of their graceful flight and their long pointed wings and forked tails, some terns are called sea swallows.
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Sooty Tern
Sterna fuscata Linnaeus
Status Five records. The first record for Canada was recently dead at Gaspereau, Kings County, on 28 August 1924 (Tufts 1925); a gale from the south had passed over the province on 26 August.
Royal Tern (Sterna maxima)
(aka Thalasseus maximus)
The Royal Tern is distributed along the Atlantic coast of Africa and the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North and South America.
Royal tern Sterna maxima
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Length: 18 inches Wingspan: 43 inches
Sexes similar
Dives into water for prey
Large tern with fairly thick orange bill
Fairly long, deeply forked tail
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Black Tern
This report is one in a series of literature syntheses on North American grassland birds. The need for these reports was identified by the Prairie Pothole Joint Venture (PPJV), a part of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan.
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White Tern
Gygis alba
One of the most beautiful and interesting of birds, the White Tern is a year round resident and breeder. We saw them every day, everywhere. Typical of tropical birds they breed all year long.
River Tern (Sterna aurantia) is a widespread resident in India. Size: 40-45 cm
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Sooty Tern - profile
Scientific name: Sterna fuscata
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
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Black Tern
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Arctic Tern
Only a handful of Arctic terns nest in Norfolk. To most observers they are a spring and autumn passage migrant. Breeding grounds are in general to the north of common terns.
BLACK TERN FACTS
Description
In breeding plumage, the Black Tern is dark colored with a black head, neck and chest, and gray wings. In non-breeding plumage the head is white with dark crown and naps; the underside is white and wings gray.
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Common terns nest on Assateague and may be best spotted from spring through fall (most winter from Florida southward).
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
Described by: Pallas (1770)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): Hydroprogne tschegrava, Hydroprogne caspia ...
The Royal Tern (Sterna maxima) is pretty much strictly a coastal tern and is only rarely found far from salt water.
Tern wings, and even whole terns, were a common sight on ladies' hats in the late 1800s; intensive hunting for this purpose contributed to the species' demise.
This tern is breeding in North America and Eurasia, from the Iberian Peninsula to Central Asia. Birds of Europe winter mainly along the Atlantic coasts of Africa, from Senegal to South Africa.
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
Terns are gull like but slimmer, with pointed wings and beaks. In breeding plumage the black tern has a black head and underparts and gray wings. In Michigan they prefer open or swampy marsh habitat.
Least Tern
Sterna antillarum Last updated 3/22/96 The smallest tern on the UTC is common in the summer and spring (April though October). Breeds on sandy open beaches.
Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata nubilosa - Juvenile in flight
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Least Tern Behaviour
No observations regarding Least Tern behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
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Black tern juvenile in flight
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NODDY TERN, Sterna stolida, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. iii. p. 516; vol. v.p. 642.
Male, 16 4/12, 32.
Abundant on the Gulf of Mexico during the whole year. Breeds in vast multitudes on the Tortugas Keys.
The fairy tern usually breeds on sandy beeches on sheltered mainland coastlines and nearby islands (2).
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The Arctic tern is well known for its long yearly migration. It travels from its Arctic breeding grounds to its wintering grounds off of Antarctica. It covers up to 40,000 km which is the farthest yearly journey of any bird.
The Arctic tern, with its streamlined body and long, pointed wings, is uniquely designed for its long, yearly flight. It also has very keen eyesight.
The Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) is a small bird that makes the longest migration of any bird. It breeds in the Arctic tundra (within the Arctic Circle), but flies to the edge of the Antarctic ice pack during the winter.
The Arctic Tern is a world champion for migration. Some migrate over 32,000 km a year.
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"The Caspian Tern is reported to breed annually at Sylt, an island of Denmark, on the coast of Jutland. M.Nilsson says it visits also the mouth of the Baltic, and is seen in the vicinity of the Elbe.
South American Tern
Sterna hirundinacea
Local Name: Split-tailed / Swallow-tailed Gull
Breeding Range: Falklands & South America
Length: 42cm.
Falklands Population: ~10,000 breeding pairs
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Common Tern
(Sterna hirundo)
Status: Vagrant.
Last recorded on site in 2000
This species is State Endangered. It is in danger of extinction as a breeding species in the state of Illinois.
The Interior Least Tern is migratory, breeding along inland river systems in the United States and wintering along the Central American coast and the northern coast of South America from Venezuela to northeastern Brazil.
Largest, strongest, fiercest, least gregarious tern. Usu breed at 4-5 years. Larger clutches in n. Pacific coast population (6,000 pairs in 1982) nests primarily on human-made habitats and shows 70% increase since 1960.
Tern, White-winged aka White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Found: South eastern Europe, Africa, Australia
Photographed by Dick Daniels in St. Lucia, South Africa
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White Tern, Gygis alba
Little White Tern, Gygis microrhyncha
Noddies are reportedly a dietary staple on the island of Nauru.
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Swift Tern
Africa Bird Guide Information: Swift Tern is a large Tern, with large, slightly curved, yellow bill. Forehead strip, sides of face, neck and underparts white. Black legs and feet with yellow sole...
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Snooty Tern (Sterna fuscata)
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Least Tern
Loblolly Pine
Pinus taeda (scientific)
Pinus taeda (Loblolly Pine) is one of several pines native to the southeastern United States, from Texas east to Florida, and north to Delaware.
Royal Tern Sterna maxima. Breeder. Common in all seasons in Gulf Coast region. In Mountain and Inland Coastal Plain regions, occasional in fall. Found in the Gulf and on bays and beaches. Low Conservation Concern.
Common Tern Chicks Walk to the Water
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The Least Tern is distributed widely in the world, but is seen mostly along coastal waters. On the west coast it is found in mid to southern California, and is not seen often north of San Francisco.
The Gull-billed Tern has a large range, estimated globally at 5,500,000 square kilometers. Native to North America and nearby island nations and introduced to much of Europe, this bird prefers forest, wetland, and marine ecosystems.
Chinese Crested-tern Sterna bernsteini was known only by a handful of scattered records in east Asia, ...
Each part of the tern's trip takes about 90 days. It may spend more time in daylight than any other animal! ...
The Gull-billed Tern nests in colonies, commonly with large numbers of nests in an area. It often nests with Common Terns and Black Skimmers. Breeding habitat includes sand, gravel, or shell beaches, or some grassy areas of coastal islands.
This commensal relationship between the salmon and the birds is noted to be especially strong in such species as the White-fronted Tern, Sterna striata, Fluttering Shearwater, Puffinus gavia, and Buller's Shearwater, Puffinus bulleri.
Ichthyornis (meaning "fish bird") were 8 inch (20 cm) long, toothed, tern-like, extinct bird that date from the late Cretaceous period. It had a large head and beak.
The world champion migrant may be the Arctic Tern, which breeds in the Arctic and "winters" in extreme southern South America and Antarctica.
Skimmer Resembling the related tern this seabird has a long laterally compressed bill of which the lower mandible is one fourth longer than the movable upper mandible.
Additional problems in monk seal habitats include the harvesting of coral, entrapment hazards caused by the degrading sea wall at Tern Island in the French Frigate Shoals, pollution from fisheries, ...
Other birds include the dove, Antarctic fulmar, Antarctic cormorant, Kerguelen cormorant, Dominican gull, Brown skua, McCormick's skua, Arctic tern, Kerguelen tern, Wattled sheathbill, Lesser sheathbill, South Georgia pintail, Kerguelen pintail, ...
The largest, the Caspian tern, is 20 inches long and has a wingspan
of 53 inches. The smallest is the least tern, which is 8 inches long
and has a wingspan of 20 inches.
Hong, S., Y. Woo, S. Higashi. 1998. Effects of Clutch size and Egg-laying Order on the Breeding Success in the Little Tern Sterna Albifrons on the Nakdong Estuary, Republic of Korea.. Ibis, 140(3): 408-414.
Movements can range in length from less than a mile, for Eurasian milkweed bugs, for example, to the incredible 25,000 miles per year of the arctic tern. Migrations may only be seasonal or may take a lifetime to complete.
 See also: Arctic Tern, Gull, Seabird, Flamingo, Common Tern
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