BirdUp · Species
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger(Linnaeus, 1758)
Least ConcernVagrant
- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Laridae
- Genus
- Chlidonias
- Conservation
- Least Concern
- Commonness
- Common
- Best seen
- Year-round
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
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- NA, PAL : inland temperate Canada, USA and Europe to central Asia
- Non-breeding range
- Coasts and offshore waters, west Africa and Pacific and Caribbean coastal Mexico to north South America
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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