Posts Tagged ‘Charadriiformes’

• Caspian tern

  Nov 29 | Terns | Little Stint | 121 Views | with No Comments

  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....

• Gull-billed tern

  Nov 28 | Terns | Little Stint | 125 Views | with No Comments

  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...

• Saunders’s tern

  Sep 18 | Terns | Little Stint | 319 Views | with No Comments

  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...

• Little tern

  Sep 18 | Terns | Little Stint | 270 Views | with No Comments

  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...

• Bridled tern

  Sep 18 | Terns | Little Stint | 268 Views | with No Comments

  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...

• Sooty tern

  Sep 16 | Terns | Little Stint | 263 Views | with No Comments

  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...

• Lesser noddy

  Sep 16 | Noddies | Little Stint | 274 Views | with No Comments

  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...

• Brown noddy

  Sep 15 | Noddies | Little Stint | 264 Views | with No Comments

  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,...

• Lesser black-backed gull

  Sep 15 | Gulls | Little Stint | 252 Views | with No Comments

  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...

• Caspian gull

  Sep 15 | Gulls | Little Stint | 272 Views | with No Comments

  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...