Posts Tagged ‘Charadriiformes’

• Atlantic Puffin

  Jun 12 | Puffins | Little Stint | 116 Views | with Comments Off on Atlantic Puffin

  The Atlantic puffin – Fratercula arctica also known as the Common Puffin, is a smallish stocky seabird of the Alcidae Family, and the Order Charadriiformes. It is the only puffin native to the North Atlantic Ocean. It nests...

• Lesser crested tern

  Mar 31 | Terns | Little Stint | 315 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 | 311 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 | 304 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 | 309 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 | 322 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 | 306 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 | 307 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 | 490 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 | 462 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...