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[[Image:Antarctic_Tern.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Max Holdt. Photo taken: Kleinmond, Cape, [[South Africa]].]] | [[Image:Antarctic_Tern.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Max Holdt. Photo taken: Kleinmond, Cape, [[South Africa]].]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 31-38 cm. Pale grey and white, black cap when breeding otherwise streaked with white, greyish black wing tips, dark red or blackish bill. | ||
| + | '''Juveniles''' - white belly, foreneck, forehead, and breast, grey back, black bill, orange-red legs and feet. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | Southern Oceans. | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | There are two subspecies; ''S v vittata'' and ''S v bethunei''. | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Coasts and sea. | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | The diet includes fish. | ||
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| + | Up to 3 eggs are laid in a shallow pebble-or shell-lined scrape on the ground, between October and January. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=41&bid=541 View more images of this species on the ABID] | *[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=41&bid=541 View more images of this species on the ABID] | ||
{{GSearch|Sterna+vittata}} | {{GSearch|Sterna+vittata}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Sterna]] | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Sterna]] | ||
Revision as of 15:51, 13 October 2008
- Sterna vittata
Photo by Max Holdt. Photo taken: Kleinmond, Cape, South Africa.
Identification
31-38 cm. Pale grey and white, black cap when breeding otherwise streaked with white, greyish black wing tips, dark red or blackish bill. Juveniles - white belly, foreneck, forehead, and breast, grey back, black bill, orange-red legs and feet.
Distribution
Southern Oceans.
Taxonomy
There are two subspecies; S v vittata and S v bethunei.
Habitat
Coasts and sea.
Behaviour
The diet includes fish.
Up to 3 eggs are laid in a shallow pebble-or shell-lined scrape on the ground, between October and January.
