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Terns

Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Sternidae
Subfamily: Sterninae - terns and noddies - 10 species in 8 genera depicted (out of 11 genera)

Species on page - 7 species in 5 genera depicted (out of 10 genera)

+ Crested tern (Thalasseus maximus formerly Sterna maxima)
+ Greater crested tern (Thalasseus bergii)
+ Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
+ Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)
+ Antarctic tern (Sterna vittata)
+ Least tern (Sternula antillarum)
+ White-winged tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
+ Inca tern (Larosterna inca)
+ Sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)
+ Brown noddy or common noddy (Anous stolidus) - separate page

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Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

Caspian

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Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Don Edwards National Shoreline
June 7, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

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Crested tern (Thalasseus maximus formerly Sterna maxima)

Taking a royal tern

royal tern
Thalasseus maximus (formerly Sterna maxima)
August 19, 2013
Hollywood, Florida

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Two every tern

two terns
Thalasseus maximus (formerly Sterna maxima)
August 19, 2013
Hollywood, Florida

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Greater crested tern (Thalasseus bergii)

Tern

tern
Greater crested tern (Thalasseus bergii)
Cape Point, RSA
March 12, 2016
Canon 7dmark2

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Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)

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Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
April 3, 2023
Canon R5

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Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
April 3, 2023
Canon R5

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Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
April 3, 2023
Canon R5

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Terned down

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Palo Alto Baylands
June 3, 2014

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To everything tern, tern, tern

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Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Palo Alto Baylands
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palo alto baylands
Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Palo Alto Baylands
May 16, 2020
Canon 7D markII

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palo alto baylands
Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Palo Alto Baylands
May 16, 2020
Canon 7D markII

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palo alto baylands
Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Palo Alto Baylands
May 16, 2020
Canon 7D markII

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palo alto baylands
Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Palo Alto Baylands
June 2, 2020
Canon 7D markII

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palo alto baylands
Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Palo Alto Baylands
June 2, 2020
Canon 7D markII

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palo alto baylands
Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Palo Alto Baylands
June 2, 2020
Canon 7D markII

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palo alto baylands
Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Palo Alto Baylands
June 2, 2020
Canon 7D markII

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Tern with fish

shoreline park

Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Shoreline Park
May 25, 2021
Canon R5

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palo alto baylands
Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Palo Alto Baylands
June 2, 2020
Canon 7D markII

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palo alto baylands
Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Palo Alto Baylands
June 2, 2020
Canon 7D markII

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emily renzel wetlands

Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
June 26, 2021
Canon R5

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Antarctic tern (Sterna vittata)

Tern cold

tern

Antarctic tern (Sterna vittata)
Antarctica
December 28, 2013
Canon 5D mark2

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Least tern (Sternula antillarum)

Waiting his tern

least tern
Least tern (Sternula antillarum)
Green Cay
Florida April 30, 2015

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Least terns feeding

least tern
Least tern (Sternula antillarum)
Green Cay
Florida April 30, 2015

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White-winged tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)

Your tern

White-winged tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
Family: Sternidae
Chobe, Botswana
February 19, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Inca tern (Larosterna inca)

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Inca tern (Larosterna inca)
Family: Laridae (gulls,terns, skimmers)
La Rosa Náutica
Lima, Peru
July 16, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2
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Sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)

Sooty

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Sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)
Family: Laridae (gulls,terns, skimmers)
Coral Sea crossing
March 28, 2012
Canon 50D

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Created: November 9, 2013 (from dikkop.html)
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