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The marsh terns, Trudeau's tern and some Forster's terns nest in inland marshes. The black noddy and the white tern nest above ground level on cliffs or in trees. Migratory terns move to the coast after breeding, and most species winter near land, although some marine species, like the Aleutian tern , may wander far from land.
Post-mortem photograph of Emperor Frederick III of Germany, 1888. Post-mortem photograph of Brazil's deposed emperor Pedro II, taken by Nadar, 1891.. The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 made portraiture commonplace, as many of those who were unable to afford the commission of a painted portrait could afford to sit for a photography session.
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. The royal tern has an orange-red bill, pale gray upperparts, and white underparts. Its legs are black. In winter, the black cap becomes patchy. [11]
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 ...
The greater crested tern is a large tern with a long (5.4–6.5 cm or 2.1–2.6 in) yellow bill, black legs, and a glossy black crest that is noticeably shaggy at its rear. The breeding adult of the nominate subspecies T. b. bergii is 46–49 cm (18–19.5 in) long, with a 125–130 cm (49–51 in) wing-span; this subspecies weighs 325–397 g ...
Saunders's tern (Sternula saundersi), sometimes known as the black-shafted tern, [2] is a species of bird in the family Laridae. It is sparsely resident along the shores of the north-western Indian Ocean (namely southern Somalia , Arabian Peninsula , Socotra , Pakistan , Andaman and Nicobar Islands and northern Sri Lanka ).
The black tern is now one of four species placed in the genus Chlidonias that was introduced in 1822 by the French naturalist Constantine Rafinesque. [4] The genus name is from Ancient Greek khelidonios , "swallow-like", from khelidon , " swallow ": another old English name for the black tern is "carr (i.e. lake) swallow". [ 5 ]
Common tern: Sterna hirundo: Europe, North Africa, Asia east to western Siberia and Kazakhstan, and North America. Roseate tern: Sterna dougallii: Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America, and winters south to the Caribbean and west Africa. White-fronted tern: Sterna striata: New Zealand and Australia Black-naped tern: Sterna sumatrana