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;[[:Category:Sterna|Sterna]] acuticauda | ;[[:Category:Sterna|Sterna]] acuticauda | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 33cm. Breeding adults - orange bill, black cap and nape, dark grey breast and blackish belly and vent. Non-breeding birds - whitish belly and lack tail streamers and the orange bill has a dark tip. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[China]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], [[Nepal]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Myanmar]], [[Thailand]], [[Laos]], [[Cambodia]] and [[Vietnam]]. | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | There is 1 subspecies | ||
| + | * ''S a melanogaster'' | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Near large rivers; breeds on sandspits, islands and marshes, up to 730 m. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Sterna+acuticauda}} | {{GSearch|Sterna+acuticauda}} | ||
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=968&Bird_Image_ID=2497&Bird_Family_ID=105 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=968&Bird_Image_ID=2497&Bird_Family_ID=105 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Sterna]][[Category:Missing Images]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Sterna]][[Category:Missing Images]] | ||
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- Sterna acuticauda
Identification
33cm. Breeding adults - orange bill, black cap and nape, dark grey breast and blackish belly and vent. Non-breeding birds - whitish belly and lack tail streamers and the orange bill has a dark tip.
Distribution
China, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Taxonomy
There is 1 subspecies
- S a melanogaster
Habitat
Near large rivers; breeds on sandspits, islands and marshes, up to 730 m.
