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  2. Tern - Wikipedia

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    Most terns hunt fish by diving, often hovering first, and the particular approach technique used can help to distinguish similar species at a distance. [55] Sea terns often hunt in association with porpoises or predatory fish, such as bluefish, tuna or bonitos, since these large marine animals drive the prey to the surface. Sooty terns feed at ...

  3. Common tern - Wikipedia

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    Like most terns, this species feeds by plunge-diving for fish, either in the sea or in freshwater, but molluscs, crustaceans and other invertebrate prey may form a significant part of the diet in some areas. Eggs and young are vulnerable to predation by mammals such as rats and American mink, and large birds including gulls, owls and herons.

  4. Arctic tern - Wikipedia

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    The Arctic terns' dispersal pattern is affected by changing climatic conditions, [40] and its ability to feed in its Antarctic wintering is dependent on sea-ice cover, but unlike breeding species, it is able to move to a different area if necessary, and can be used as a control to investigate the effect of climate change on breeding species. [41]

  5. White-fronted tern - Wikipedia

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    Sterna striata in flight with tiny fish in its beak. The white-fronted tern is an average-sized tern; its dimensions are 35–43 cm (14–17 in) in length, with a wingspan between 79 and 82 cm (31 and 32 in); the male weighs on average 130 g (4.6 oz). [3]

  6. Greater crested tern - Wikipedia

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    The greater crested tern [3] (Thalasseus bergii), also called crested tern, swift tern, or great crested tern, is a tern in the family Laridae that nests in dense colonies on coastlines and islands in the tropical and subtropical Old World.

  7. White tern - Wikipedia

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    The white tern or common white tern (Gygis alba) is a small seabird found across the tropical oceans of the world. [2] It is sometimes known as the fairy tern, although this name is potentially confusing as it is also the common name of Sternula nereis.

  8. Lesser crested tern - Wikipedia

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    Juvenile lesser crested terns resemble same-age Sandwich terns, but with a yellow-orange bill, and paler overall, with only faint dark crescents on the mantle feathers. There are two other orange-billed terns within the range of this species, royal tern and Greater crested tern. Both are much larger and stouter-billed; royal also has a white ...

  9. Sandwich tern - Wikipedia

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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.