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Roseate Tern
Sterna dougalliiMontagu, 1813
Native
- 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.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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