Archive for the ‘Terns’ Category

• Lesser crested tern

  Mar 31 | Terns | Little Stint | 124 Views | with No Comments

  The Lesser crested tern – Thalasseus bengalensis is a medium sized seabird of the family Laridae. It is found in subtropical and tropical areas of the Old World in three widely distributed subspecies. The first two are...

• Sandwich tern

  Mar 31 | Terns | Little Stint | 126 Views | with No Comments

  The Sandwich tern – Thalasseus sandvicensis is a medium sized seabird of the family Laridae. It is a summer breeder to the Palearctic Region, mostly concentrated in the west, around the coast of NW Europe and in the east,...

• Great crested tern

  Mar 31 | Terns | Little Stint | 117 Views | with No Comments

  The Great crested tern – Thalasseus bergii is a large tropical seabird of the family Laridae. It is widely distributed in the tropical areas of the Indo-Pacific Oceans. In the AWB Region, outside of the Mediterranean Sea,...

• White-cheeked tern

  Mar 31 | Terns | Little Stint | 124 Views | with No Comments

  The White-cheeked tern – Sterna repressa is a medium sized subtropical seabird of the family Laridae. It is found around the coastal waters of Arabia, E Africa and W India. In the AWB Region it is a summer breeder on the E...

• Arctic tern

  Mar 31 | Terns | Little Stint | 140 Views | with No Comments

  The Arctic tern – Sterna paradisaea is a medium sized seabird of the family Laridae. It is strongly migratory and has the longest known migration routes of any migratory bird, with annual round trip lengths of up to the...

• Common tern

  Mar 24 | Terns | Little Stint | 131 Views | with No Comments

  The Common tern – Sterna hirundo is a medium sized seabird with a worldwide distribution and is found in the family Laridae. It breeds in a wide range of habitats near water across N America and Eurasia, it is strongly...

• Roseate tern

  Mar 24 | Terns | Little Stint | 130 Views | with No Comments

  The Roseate tern – Sterna dougallii is a small/medium sized, largely tropical tern of the family Laridae. It is a summer breeder on the east coast of N America from Nova Scotia to Long Island and off the west coast of...

• Whiskered tern

  Jan 31 | Terns | Little Stint | 310 Views | with No Comments

  The Whiskered tern – Chlidonias hybrida is the largest of the Marsh terns which are part of the family Laridae. They are found in fresh water marshes extensively over Eurasia Africa and Australasia. Over its very extensive...

• White-winged tern

  Jan 31 | Terns | Little Stint | 287 Views | with No Comments

  The White-winged tern – Chlidonias leucopterus is a small species of Marsh tern of the family Laridae. It is strongly migratory and has a very extensive range across The Old World and Australasia. They are summer breeders...

• Black tern

  Jan 28 | Terns | Little Stint | 271 Views | with No Comments

  The Black tern – Chlidonias niger is a small migratory Marsh tern of the family Laridae. It is a summer breeder to inland freshwater marshes of Eurasia and N America but migrates to winter off the tropical coasts of S...