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Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana)

Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana)
Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana)

About Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Shorebirds and Allies
  • Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

The black-naped tern is an oceanic tern mostly found in tropical and subtropical areas of the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean. They are rarely found inland. It was described from the islands around Sumatra. It is most closely related to roseate tern S. dougallii and white-fronted tern S. striata.

Source: Wikipedia

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