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The Sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) [2] is a tern in the family Laridae. It is very closely related to the lesser crested tern ( T. bengalensis ), Chinese crested tern ( T. bernsteini ), Cabot's tern ( T. acuflavidus ), and elegant tern ( T. elegans ) and has been known to interbreed with both elegant and lesser crested.
[5] [51] The Inca tern nests in crevices, caves and disused burrows, such as that of a Humboldt penguin. [52] The white tern is unique in that it lays its single egg on a bare tree branch. [53] Tropical species usually lay just one egg, but two or three is typical in cooler regions if there is an adequate food supply.
Harvesting gull eggs on the Solent is said to benefit Sandwich terns (Thalasseus sandvicensis) that would otherwise suffer from predation and defensive behaviors by nesting gulls; removing the gull eggs prompts replacement laying behaviors and postpones anti-tern antics for three crucial weeks. [44]
Common tern Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae Genus: Sterna Species: S. hirundo Binomial name Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 Breeding Resident Non-breeding Passage Vagrant (seasonality uncertain) Synonyms Sterna fluviatilis (Naumann, 1839) Twisted head The ...
Breeding plumage Eggs, Collection Museum Wiesbaden. The royal tern nests on island beaches or isolated beaches with limited predators. It lays one or two eggs, usually in a scrape, an area on the ground where a tern has made a small hole to lay its eggs. In some cases, tern eggs are laid directly on the ground, not in a scrape.
A very large number of birds were nesting in an area about 130 square metres (150 sq yd). The nests were mere scrapes in the gravel and shingle, each containing one, two or three eggs. These were smaller than the eggs of the Sandwich tern but resembled them in general appearance, though every one was differently marked. It was difficult walking ...
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Sandwich tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis; Short-billed gull, ... All are obligate brood parasites, which lay their eggs in the nests of estrildid finches.