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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 islets are a breeding site for Caspian terns. The Henderson Islets are a group of two adjacent small rocky islands, with a combined area of 0.41 hectares (1.0 acre), in south-eastern Australia. They are part of Tasmania’s Trefoil Island Group, lying close to Cape Grim, Tasmania's most north-westerly point, in Bass Strait. [1]
Large-billed tern: Phaetusa simplex: Trinidad only Gull-billed tern: Gelochelidon nilotica: Common Trinidad, vagrant Tobago Caspian tern: Hydroprogne caspia: Trinidad only - vagrant Black tern: Chlidonias niger: Trinidad only Common tern: Sterna hirundo: Roseate tern: Sterna dougallii: Arctic tern: Sterna paradisaea: vagrant Sandwich tern ...
Sooty tern, Onychoprion fuscata; Bridled tern, Onychoprion anaethetus; Least tern, Sternula antillarum (A) Gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon nilotica (A) Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia (A) Roseate tern, Sterna dougallii (A) Common tern, Sterna hirundo (A) Royal tern, Thalasseus maxima; Sandwich tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis (A) Black skimmer ...
The plumage of the Inca tern is the most atypical of the group.. Terns range in size from the least tern, at 23 cm (9.1 in) in length and weighing 30–45 g (1.1–1.6 oz), [1] [2] to the Caspian tern at 48–56 cm (19–22 in), 500–700 g (18–25 oz).
Large-billed tern, Phaetusa simplex (A) Gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon nilotica; Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia; Black tern, Chlidonias niger; Roseate tern, Sterna dougallii; Common tern, Sterna hirundo; Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea (A) [2] Forster's tern, Sterna forsteri; Royal tern, Thalasseus maxima; Sandwich tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis
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West African crested tern: Coasts of Mauritania to Guinea, wintering north to Morocco and south to Angola. Thalasseus bernsteini: Chinese crested tern: Fujian Province, China, and wintering south to the Philippines. Thalasseus sandvicensis: Sandwich tern: Northern Europe to Mediterranean, Black and Caspian Seas, wintering south to South Africa ...