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  2. Tern - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Common tern - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. List of birds of Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    The avifauna of Indonesia include a total of 1809 species, of which 786 are endemic, and 3 have been introduced by humans. 150 species are globally threatened. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist ...

  5. White tern - Wikipedia

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    The white tern, manu-o-Kū, was named Honolulu, Hawaiʻi's official bird on April 2, 2007. New Zealand's Department of Conservation classifies the white tern as Nationally Critical, with populations having been largely decimated by the introduction of feral cats and rats on Raoul Island, the terns' only breeding site in the country. [18]

  6. Lesser crested tern - Wikipedia

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    In India the Lesser crested tern is protected in the PM Sayeed Marine Birds Conservation Reserve. [5] Manly Marina, SE Queensland, Australia with crested and Caspian terns, silver gulls and pied oystercatcher Many lesser crested terns with a solitary Sandwich tern clicked in Kannur, Kerala, India. Lesser crested terns at Muzhappilangad beach

  7. Laridae - Wikipedia

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    Laridae is a family of seabirds in the order Charadriiformes that includes the gulls, terns, noddies, skimmers, and white terns (who aren't true terns). It includes around 100 species arranged into 22 genera .

  8. Greater crested tern - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. White-winged tern - Wikipedia

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    The white-winged tern, or white-winged black tern (Chlidonias leucopterus or Chlidonias leucoptera), is a species of tern in the family Laridae.It is a small species generally found in or near bodies of fresh water across much of the world, including Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia.