Terns (Genus Sterna)

Classification
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Life
Animals Kingdom Animalia
Chordates Phylum Chordata
Birds Class Aves
Gulls, Button-Quails, Plovers and Allies Order Charadriiformes
Gulls and Allies Family Laridae
Terns Genus Sterna
- Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda
- Little Tern Sterna albifrons
- Black-fronted Tern Sterna albostriata
- River Tern Sterna aurantia
- Damara Tern Sterna balaenarum
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Peruvian Tern Sterna lorata
More
- Fairy Tern Sterna nereis
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
- Saunders's Tern Sterna saundersi
- White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Yellow-billed Tern Sterna superciliaris
- Snowy-crowned Tern Sterna trudeaui
- Kerguelen Tern Sterna virgata
- Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata

All Names

Scientific names
- Sterna
English
- Terns

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Recent observations

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What

Damara Tern Sterna balaenarum

Observer

carmelo_lopez

Date

Oct 19, 2003

Place

Walvis Bay, Namibia. (Google, OSM)

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What

Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri

Observer

greglasley

Date

May 20, 2013

Place

Sea Rim State Park, Jefferson Co., Texas (Google, OSM)

Description

Forster's Tern
Sea Rim State Park,
Jefferson Co., Texas
20 May 2013

1 ID

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Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea

Observer

carolynsones

Date

May 20, 2013

Place

North River sand spit, Scituate (Google, OSM)

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What

Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri

Observer

finatic

Date

Aug 26, 2007 10:21 AM PDT

Place

Imperial Beach--7th St (Google, OSM)

Description

San Diego County, California, US

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What

Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri

Observer

finatic

Date

Nov 10, 2007 12:18 PM PST

Place

Imperial Beach--7th St (Google, OSM)

Description

San Diego County, California, US

1 ID

Research Grade

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What

Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri

Observer

finatic

Date

Apr 6, 2008 04:29 PM PDT

Place

Imperial Beach--7th St (Google, OSM)

Description

San Diego County, California, US

1 ID

Research Grade

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What

Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri

Observer

finatic

Date

Jul 12, 2009 01:05 PM PDT

Place

Imperial Beach--7th St (Google, OSM)

Description

San Diego County, California, US

1 ID

Research Grade

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What

Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri

Observer

finatic

Date

Sep 5, 2009 10:47 AM PDT

Place

Imperial Beach--7th St (Google, OSM)

Description

San Diego County, California, US

1 ID

Research Grade

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What

Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri

Observer

finatic

Date

Jul 17, 2010 11:11 AM PDT

Place

Imperial Beach--7th St (Google, OSM)

Description

San Diego County, California, US

1 ID

Research Grade

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What

Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri

Observer

finatic

Date

Jan 7, 2007 11:15 AM PST

Place

Imperial Beach--7th St (Google, OSM)

Description

San Diego County, California, US

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What

Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri

Observer

finatic

Date

Jul 29, 2007 09:30 AM PDT

Place

Imperial Beach--7th St (Google, OSM)

Description

San Diego County, California, US

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What

Common Tern Sterna hirundo

Observer

kfsaylor

Date

May 19, 2013

Place

Straits State Park, MI (Google, OSM)

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