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[[Image:1050 1072 1084 1077 1085 1082 1072 P5283531.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Photo by {{user|Oleg+Chernyshov|Oleg Chernyshov}}]]
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[[Image:IMG 00587.JPG|thumb|300px|left|Breeding plumage<br />Photo by {{user|Craig+Thayer|Craig Thayer}}]]
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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'''Males''' look strikingly black-and-white, with white undertail [[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]], no white in the wing in flight, an anchor-shaped tail pattern (frequently looking broken), and often, a buff or yellowish flush on the upper breast.
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39–43 cm (15¼-17 in); a medium-large tern
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*Pale grey upperparts
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*White underparts
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*Black legs
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*Long, slender orange bill, often with yellow at tip and more so in winter
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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Breeds in dry, stony areas in the far east of [[Europe]] from the Black Sea coasts in the northeast of [[Bulgaria]] through eastern [[Romania]], [[Moldova]], southern [[Ukraine]] and southernmost [[Russia]], and across southwest and central [[Asia]] from [[Kazakhstan]] and easternmost [[Turkey]] east to northern [[China]].
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'''[[The Americas]]''': Breeds on the Pacific coasts of southern [[California]], [[Baja California]] and mainly around the Gulf of Mexico in  [[Mexico]]. Post breeding dispersal both north and east, where vagrants recorded to [[British Columbia]], [[Texas]] and very rarely as far as [[Florida]].
  
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Revision as of 14:26, 31 October 2017

Featured Article: Elegant Tern
Breeding plumage
Photo by Craig Thayer

Identification

39–43 cm (15¼-17 in); a medium-large tern

  • Pale grey upperparts
  • White underparts
  • Black legs
  • Long, slender orange bill, often with yellow at tip and more so in winter

Distribution

The Americas: Breeds on the Pacific coasts of southern California, Baja California and mainly around the Gulf of Mexico in Mexico. Post breeding dispersal both north and east, where vagrants recorded to British Columbia, Texas and very rarely as far as Florida.

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