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The Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) [2] is a species of tern, with a subcosmopolitan but scattered distribution. Despite its extensive range, it is monotypic of its genus, and has no accepted subspecies. [3] The genus name is from Ancient Greek hudros, "water", and Latin progne, "swallow".
The common tern [2] (Sterna hirundo) is a seabird in the family Laridae. This bird has a circumpolar distribution, its four subspecies breeding in temperate and subarctic regions of Europe, Asia and North America. It is strongly migratory, wintering in coastal tropical and subtropical regions. Breeding adults have light grey upperparts, white ...
Common tern in flight Common tern in flight. Terns are seabirds in the family Laridae, subfamily Sterninae, that have a worldwide distribution and are normally found near the sea, rivers, or wetlands. Terns are treated in eleven genera in a subgroup of the family Laridae, which also includes several genera of gulls and the skimmers (Rynchops ...
The game commission believes since 2012, 21 common tern nests have been started there but failed. Brian Whipkey is the outdoors columnist for USA TODAY Network sites in Pennsylvania.
The avian family Laridae comprise the noddies, skimmers, kittiwakes, gulls, and terns. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 104 Laridae species distributed among 22 genera. This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial. Common name Binomial name IOC sequence African skimmer Rynchops ...
Adult royal tern and Cabot's tern (smaller bird, right) in flight at Core Banks, North Carolina. All white underparts Rodanthe, North Carolina. This is a large tern, second only to the Caspian tern but is unlikely to be confused with this "carrot-billed" giant, which has extensive dark underwing patches.
Laridae on Lake Baikal. The family Laridae was introduced (as Laridia) by the French polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1815. [1] [2] Historically, Laridae were restricted to the gulls, while the terns were placed in a separate family, Sternidae, and the skimmers in a third family, Rynchopidae. [3]
The list also sometimes includes the local Tamil name in italics or the Tamil name in Tamil script following the English common name. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of the IOC World Bird List, version 11.2. This list ...