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Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatranaRaffles, 1822
Native
- 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.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
2 photos
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