Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)

About Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)

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

The common tern is a seabird in the family Laridae. This bird has a circumpolar distribution, its four subspecies breeding in temperate and subarctic regions of Europe, Asia and North America. It is strongly migratory, wintering in coastal tropical and subtropical regions. Breeding adults have light grey upperparts, white to very light grey underparts, a black cap, orange-red legs, and a narrow pointed bill. Depending on the subspecies, the bill may be mostly red with a black tip or all black. There are several similar species, including the partly sympatric Arctic tern, which can be separated on plumage details, leg and bill colour, or vocalisations.

Source: Wikipedia

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2003-01-11

Walvis Bay, Namibia
2007-06-17

Stone Harbor Point, United States of America
2008-07-19

Irkutsk - Freeway Swamps, Russia
2010-06-21

Cape May Point State Park, United States of America
2012-11-24

Wollongong Pelagic Trip, Australia
2013-08-18

Farallones Marine Sanctuary, United States of America
2016-07-09

Witless Bay, Canada
2016-07-11

St. Shott's, Canada
2016-07-12

St. Shott's, Canada
2020-12-14

Playa Porma, Chile
2021-07-18

Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, United States of America
2021-07-19

Stone Harbor Wetlands Institute, United States of America
2021-09-27

Selsey, England
2023-05-12

Montrose Point, United States of America
2023-05-17

Stone Harbor Wetlands Institute, United States of America
2024-10-14

Santuario de Fauna y Flora Los Flamencos, Colombia
2025-02-08

Tanga, Tanzania
2025-02-09

Pemba - Ngezi Forest, Tanzania
2025-02-10

Pemba - Ngezi Forest, Tanzania
2025-02-13

Stone Town, Tanzania
2025-02-15

Stone Town, Tanzania
2025-03-02

Playa Los Lances, Spain
2025-03-06

Bolonia, Spain