Black-naped Tern
Photo · (c) Patrick Connolly, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Black-naped Tern

Sterna sumatranaRaffles, 1822

Native
Order
CHARADRIIFORMES
Family
Laridae
Genus
Sterna
Commonness
Very common
Best seen
Year-round

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The black-naped tern is an oceanic tern mostly found in tropical and subtropical areas of the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean. They are rarely found inland. It was described from the islands around Sumatra. It is most closely related to roseate tern S. dougallii and white-fronted tern S. striata.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
AF, OR, AU : islands off tropical Indian and Pacific oceans from Seychelles to Cook Is. (east Polynesia)
Non-breeding range
IO, south PO

03 · When

When to look

Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.

  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
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  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec

05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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