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The forehead and eyebrows are white, as is a striking collar on the hindneck. It has black legs and bill. Juvenile bridled terns are scaly grey above and pale below. This species is unlikely to be confused with any tern apart from the similarly dark-backed sooty tern and the spectacled tern from the Tropical Pacific. It is paler-backed than ...
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The sooty tern has a pan-tropical distribution; the bridled tern also breeds across the Tropical Atlantic and Indian Ocean but in the central Pacific it is replaced by the spectacled tern. The Aleutian tern breeds around Alaska and Siberia but winters in the tropics around South East Asia .
Most terns become sexually mature when aged three, although some small species may breed in their second year. Some large sea terns, including the sooty and bridled terns, are four or older when they first breed. Terns normally breed in colonies, and are site-faithful if their habitat is sufficiently stable.
Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species known to live in excess of 30 years. Common gull, Larus canus (A) Brown noddy, Anous stolidus; Lesser noddy, Anous tenuirostris (A) White tern, Gygis alba; Sooty tern, Onychoprion fuscatus (A) Bridled tern, Onychoprion anaethetus (A) Little tern, Sternula albifrons (A)
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 PGC reports there was never a wide-spread population of terns at Presque Isle. There are records from the 1930s that show about 100 breeding pairs would stay at Gull Point in Erie County.
Laridae is a family of medium to large seabirds, the gulls, terns, and skimmers. Gulls are typically grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. Terns are a group of generally medium to large seabirds typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head.