Roseate Tern
Photo · (c) Lachlan Copeland, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

BirdUp · Species

Roseate Tern

Sterna dougalliiMontagu, 1813

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

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The roseate tern is a species of tern in the family Laridae. The genus name Sterna is derived from Old English "stearn", "tern", and the specific dougallii refers to Scottish physician and collector Dr Peter McDougall (1777–1814). "Roseate" refers to the bird's pink breast in breeding plumage.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
Worldwide : patchily temperate to tropical Atlantic, tropical Indian, and subtropical to tropical west Pacific to Vanuatu

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
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec

05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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