Black Tern
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Charadriiformes
Laridae
Chlidonias
Chlidonias niger
A small dark, graceful tern of freshwater marshes, the Black Tern eats insects as well as fish. In breeding plumage the dark head and chest and gray wings are distinctive. In nonbreeding plumage, the head… More »
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Black Tern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Black Tern , Chlidonias niger , is a small tern generally found in or near inland water in Europe and North America. As its name suggests, it has predominantly dark plumage. Adult are 25 cm (9...
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Learn how to identify Black Tern, its life history, cool facts, sounds and calls, and watch videos. A small dark, graceful tern of freshwater marshes, the Black Tern eats insects as well as fish. ... Black Tern Range Map...
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Small tern with relatively short, black bill ... The White-winged Tern, accidental in United States, is similar but has whitish upperwings, white rump and tail and black axillaries in alternate plumage. ... Black tern Chlidonias niger...
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The black tern can be found from central eastern Alaska, central Manitoba and Ontario south to northern California, Colorado, northern Missouri and Tennessee, also to the lakeshores of northern Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York;
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Summer Adult: mantle and wings slate grey, with blackish wing-tips; head and underparts black, except undertail coverts, which are white; tail slate grey; bill black; legs dark red ... underparts white, with dark bar on side of breast, but no black smudging; tail grey; bill blackish, ... Black Tern, Chlidonias niger...
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Black Tern - Chlidonias niger - Species Information and Photos, including id keys, habitat, diet, behavior, nesting, migration, and conservation status ... Further Information: 1) USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter, Black Tern...
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Black Terns, illustrated article. ... Black Tern - Fact File ... Breeding plumage illustrated when blackish body and pale underwing distinguish. Winter and juvenile plumages more tricky, as black body is replaced with white.
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Black Tern Range Map; The Black Tern breeds from southwestern and east-central British Columbia and south-central Mackenzie to southern Quebec and southern New Brunswick, south locally to south-central California and northern Utah, across to Nebraska, south-central Illinois, Pennsylvania and Maine.
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