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Revision as of 14:46, 20 January 2009
- Sterna caspia
Identification
48–56 cm. White head, neck, belly, tail, black cap, pale grey back and upper wings, pale, dark tipped underwings, black legs, red-orange bill.
Adult birds have black legs and a long thick They have a white head with a black cap and white neck, belly and tail. The upper wings and back are pale grey; the underwings are pale with dark tips. In flight, the tail is less forked than other terns and wing tips black on the underside.
Distribution
North America, West Indies and northern South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
Taxonomy
Sometimes considered part of genus Hydroprogne (see Bridge et al, 2005).
Habitat
Llarge lakes and ocean coasts.
Behaviour
The diet includes fish, insects, eggs and young birds.
They are ground nesters; 1-3 pale blue green eggs heavily spotted brown are laid.
Vocalisation
The call is a loud croak.
<flashmp3>Sterna caspia (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
References
Wikipedia
