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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".
Ring-billed gull Caspian tern. Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae. Laridae is a family of medium to large seabirds and includes gulls, terns, kittiwakes, and skimmers. They are typically gray or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. Twenty-six species have been recorded in ...
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]
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.
Bridled tern, Onychoprion anaethetus (R*) Least tern, Sternula antillarum; Large-billed tern, Phaetusa simplex (R) Gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon nilotica; Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia; Black tern, Chlidonias niger; White-winged tern, Chlidonias leucopterus (R) Whiskered tern, Chlidonias hybrida (R) Roseate tern, Sterna dougallii; Common ...
Least tern, Sternula antillarum (R) Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia; Black tern, Chlidonias niger; Common tern, Sterna hirundo; Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea; Forster's tern, Sterna forsteri; Elegant tern, Thalasseus elegans; Black skimmer, Rynchops niger (R) (P)
Thalasseus, the crested terns, is a genus of eight species of medium-large to large terns in the family Laridae.. The species have a worldwide distribution in temperate and tropical seas, mostly between about 43° N and S latitude, but to 60° N in the warm waters of the North Atlantic Current in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean; they do not occur in colder arctic or antarctic waters.
White-winged tern Chlidonias leucoptera: 63 Black tern Chlidonias niger: 64 Caspian tern Hydropogne tschegrava (Hydroprogne caspia) 65 Common tern Sterna hirundo: 66 Black-naped tern Sterna sumatrana: 67 Bridled tern Sterna anaethetus: 68 Little tern Sterna albifrons: 69 Lesser crested tern Thalasseus bengalensis (Sterna bengalensis) 70