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Black Tern
Chlidonias niger(Linnaeus, 1758)
Conservation status: Least ConcernOrigin: Vagrant
- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Laridae
- Genus
- Chlidonias
At a glance
The Black Tern, listed as Least Concern. It can be seen year-round.
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
- Origin
- Vagrant
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Common
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The black tern is a small tern generally found in or near inland water that breeds in Europe, Western Asia and North America. In winter the birds migrate to coastal areas of Africa and South America.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Black Tern?
The Black Tern is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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