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Tern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Terns are seabirds in the family Sternidae , previously considered a subfamily (Sterninae) of the gull family Laridae (van Tuinen et al. , 2004). They form a lineage with the gulls and skimmers w...
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Arctic Tern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Arctic Tern ( Sterna paradisaea ) is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a circumpolar distribution, breeding colonially in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and...
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Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) ... The common tern, one of about 50 species of terns worldwide, grows to 16 inches and has a redish-orange bill with a black tip. They breed once a year, nest in colonies, and the female lays about three buff-tinted eggs in her nest set in a depression on the ground near the water.
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Medium-sized tern with slender, pointed bill ... The Common Tern has a black eye patch that continues across the nape. During the breeding season, the Forster's Tern has paler upper surfaces to the primaries that contrast with the rest of the wing while the Common Tern has a dark wedge in the primaries;
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Will Caspian terns and other colonial waterbirds be attracted to nest on a floating island built to serve as nesting habitat in an area where no natural islands exist ... Unique Floating Island Constructed for Caspian Tern Nesting at Summer Lake Wildlife Refuge  ... Caspian Haiku: Japanese poetry taking a tern for the worse...
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Few people are lucky enough to see this graceful tern with its elegant tail streamers. ... The Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) is a slender, medium-sized seabird with a forked tail flanked by streamers. In breeding plumage it is silvery-grey above and white below, the roseate color of its under side is rarely visible.
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