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Species Introduction
This series of posts will eventually include some information on all the species to be found within the AWB Region, starting with the Accipitridae Family. The main Category classification is the scientific Family name such as Accipitridae and the sub-categories are the English Family Names that make up the total Scientific Family, such as Buzzards or Eagles which form part of the Accipitridae Family. Because the Category tree is only two tier, further groupings will be made by Tags, which will be chosen as necessary to manage additional groupings. In order to view a list of posts in your chosen category, click on the Select Category arrow in the Categories widget that is on the RHS of all the posts.
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Caspian tern
The Caspian tern – Hydroprogne caspia is the world’s largest tern and has a nearly world wide distribution, it is a large seabird of the family Laridae . There are two population types, migratory and resident. In the Old World it is a summer breeder around Central Asia and migrates for the winter to three main areas, coastal SE Asia, coastal and N Plains India, and coastal and inland areas in Africa. In the AWB region there are several small areas in Turkey where it is a summer breeder and there is an isolated area in S Sinai also. There are small resident populations in Turkey, N Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Saudi Arabia also has several small resident populations along its Red Sea coast, there are also resident populations on W Sinai and the adjacent Egyptian coast, and in Tunisia, Mali and Mauritania. Wintering areas are the SE coast of the Arabian Gulf including N Oman, the Red Sea coasts of Africa and the Nile Valley and most of the N Coasts of Africa including the Maghreb states.
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae Genus: Hydroprogne
Species - Hydroprogne caspia Caspian tern - Species - ebird.org Caspian tern - Species sheet - wikipedia.org Caspian tern - Species - nzbirdsonline.org.nz Caspian tern - Species sheet - animaldiversity.org Caspian tern - Sounds & Maps - xeno-canto.org
Additional Material... Caspian tern - Images - google.com Caspian tern - Video - youtube.com Caspian tern - Datazone - birdlife.org
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Gull-billed tern
The Gull-billed tern – Gelochelidon nilotica is a medium sized Worldwide migratory seabird of the family Laridae. In the AWB region it is a widely dispersed summer breeder in the coastal areas of NW Africa from Mauritania across the Maghreb states to NW Libya. It is also a summer breeder in Turkey, the South Caucasus and N & E Iran with a small population around the NW head of the Arabian Gulf from Kuwait into coastal Iran. It also winters along the N coast of the Arabian Gulf from Kuwait to India. In winter it is found along the coasts of NE Africa from Egypt to Tanzania and also along the full length of the Nile valley. There are a few inland wintering areas in S Mauritania, Mali, Niger and Chad.
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae Genus: Gelochelidon
Species...Gelochelidon nilotica Gull-billed tern - Species - ebird.org Gull-billed tern - Species sheet - wikipedia.org Gull-billed tern -Species - nzbirdsonline.org.nz Gull-billed tern - Status and trends - researchgate.net Gull-billed tern - Sounds & Maps - xeno-canto.org
Additional Material... Gull-billed tern - Images - google.com Gull-billed tern - Video - nltimes.nl Gull-billed tern - Datazone - birdlife.org
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Saunders’s tern
The Saunders’s tern – Sternula saundersi is a small seabird of the family Laridae found in the NW Indian Ocean, where it is both a summer breeder and resident. In the AWB Region it is a summer breeder off the coasts of E Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Iran, Oman and Socotra. It is resident off the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia and in S Somalia and in winter is found off both coasts of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to S Somalia.
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae Genus: Sternula
Species...Sternula saundersi Saunders's tern - Species - ebird.org Saunders's tern - Database - avibase Saunders's tern - Birds - oiseaux.net Saunders's tern - Comparison - uaebirding.com Saunders's tern - Sounds & Maps - xeno-canto.org
Additional Material... Saunders's tern - Images - google.com Saunders's tern - Video - youtube.com Saunders's tern - Datazone - birdlife.org
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Little tern
The Little tern – Sternula albifrons is a small Old World, migratory seabird of the family Laridae. It is primarily a summer breeder to Eurasia, there are two main populations Europe to Central Asia that migrates to Arabian and S Asian coastal waters, and a Far Eastern population that migrates to more open waters of SE Asia and Australasia, In addition there is a smaller resident populations across N Africa, the Middle East and the N Indian subcontinent. As can be inferred from the above it can be found all around the AWB Region wherever there is a coastline and also at inland rivers in Mali, Niger and Chad.
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae Genus: Sternula
Species...Sternula albifrons Little tern - Species - ebird.org Little tern - Species sheet - wikipedia.org Little tern - Card - oiseaux-birds.com Little tern - Features - nationaltrust.org.uk Little tern - Sounds & Maps - xeno-canto.org
Additional Material... Little tern - Images - google.com Little tern - Video - youtube.com Little tern - Datazone - birdlife.org
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Bridled tern
The Bridled tern – Onychoprion anaethetus is a Tropical medium sized migratory seabird of the family Laridae. It is found in all the world’s Tropical Oceans where it breeds on rocky islands, outside of the breeding season it disperses more widely to spend its time at sea. In the AWB Region it breeds on the coasts of the Red Sea, the Arabian Peninsular, the Arabian Gulf, Socotra, S Western Sahara, N Mauritania and the Comoros islands. It winters offshore the SW coast of Mauritania.
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae Genus: Onychoprion
Species...Onychoprion anaethetus Bridled tern - Species - ebird.org Bridled tern - Species sheet - wikipedia.org Bridled tern - Database - avibase Bridled tern - Seabird - natureseychelles.org Bridled tern - Sounds & Maps - xeno-canto.org
Additional Material... Bridled tern - Images - google.com Bridled tern - Video - youtube.com Bridled tern - Datazone - birdlife.org
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Sooty tern
The Sooty tern – Onychoprion fuscatus is a Tropical medium sized seabird of the family Laridae. It is found in Tropical Waters worldwide and apart from the breeding season when it nests colonially on rocky or coral islands, it spends it’s time at sea. In the AWB Region it breeds in the Socotra islands and outside the breeding season it is found offshore Oman and is Accidental to UAE E coast waters.
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae Genus: Onychoprion
Species...Onychoprion fuscatus Sooty tern - Species - ebird.org Sooty tern - Species sheet - wikipedia.org Sooty tern - Database - avibase Sooty tern - Species - nzbirdsonline.org.nz Sooty tern - Sounds & Maps - xeno-canto.org
Additional Material... Sooty tern - Images - google.com Sooty tern - Video - youtube.com Sooty tern - Datazone - birdlife.org
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Lesser noddy
The Lesser noddy – Anous tenuirostris is a medium sized Tropical seabird of the family Laridae. It is a bird of the Indian Ocean and in the AWB Region it is found near the shores of Oman, and the Comoros but is Accidental in UAE waters. The species breeds and roosts in mangroves on oceanic islands and is largely resident around it’s breeding area but there is some more general dispersion outside of the late summer breeding season.
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae Genus: Anous
Species...Anous tenuirostris Lesser noddy - Species - natureseychelles.org Lesser noddy - Species sheet - wikipedia.org Lesser noddy - Species - maildivesbiodiversity.org Lesser noddy - Category - wildbirdcoservation Lesser noddy - Sounds & Maps - xeno-canto.org
Additional Material... Lesser noddy - Images - google.com Lesser noddy - Video - youtube.com Lesser noddy - Datazone - birdlife.org
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Brown noddy
The Brown noddy – Anous stolidus is a migratory medium sized seabird of all the world’s Tropical Oceans and is of the family Laridae. It is a colonial breeder on isolated cliffs or islands with trees and shrubs, outside the breeding season areas where it is resident, it can also be found at sea in the Tropical Oceans. In the AWB Region it has resident populations in, the Straits of Hormuz, several isolated headlands in Oman, the Horn of Africa, Socotra and offshore in the S Red Sea coasts of SW Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Eritrea.
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae Genus: Anous
Species...Anous stolidus Brown noddy - Card - oiseaux-birds.com Brown noddy - Species sheet - wikipedia.org Brown noddy - Database - avibase Brown noddy - Bird - birdlife.org.au Brown noddy - Sounds & Maps - xeno-canto.org
Additional Material... Brown noddy - Images - google.com Brown noddy - Video - youtube.com Brown noddy - Datazone - birdlife.org
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Lesser black-backed gull
The Lesser black-backed gull – Larus fuscus is a large migratory Palearctic seabird of the family Laridae. It is an extensive summer breeder across arctic Eurasia, but is very unusual in that some Icelandic breeders migrate W to winter on the Atlantic seaboard of N America. In the AWB Region it winters around the waters off SW Turkey, the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, Off the eastern coast of N Africa from NE Egypt to S Somalia, Off the Maghreb states coasts and the Atlantic coasts from Straits of Gibraltar to S Mauritania, and inland areas of S Mali, S Niger and S Chad.
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae Genus: Larus
Species...Larus fuscus Lesser black-backed gull - Guide - allaboutbirds.org Lesser black-backed gull - Species sheet - wikipedia.org Lesser black-backed gull - Birds - wildlifetrusts.org Lesser black-backed gull - Database - avibase Lesser black-backed gull - Sounds & Maps - xeno-canto.org
Additional Material... Lesser black-backed gull - Images - google.com Lesser black-backed gull - Video - youtube.com Lesser black-backed gull - Datazone - birdlife.org
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Caspian gull
The Caspian gull – Larus cachinnans is a large Eurasian seabird of the family Laridae. It tends to be resident in E Europe more migratory in Central Asia and winters around the coastal regions of the Middle East. In the AWB Region it winters in the S coastal areas of the Black and Caspian Seas, in Iran it is absent from Central Iran but is found elsewhere. The main wintering area of the species is around all the coastal areas of the Arabian Peninsular plus NE Egypt, Sinai and the Levant.
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae Genus: Larus
Species...Larus cachinnans Caspian gull - Species - ebird.org Caspian gull - Species sheet - wikipedia.org Caspian gull - Gulls - gullstothehorizon Caspian gull - Database - avibase Caspian gull - Sounds & Maps - xeno-canto.org
Additional Material... Caspian gull - Images - google.com Caspian gull - Video - youtube.com Caspian gull - Datazone - birdlife.org
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