Higher classification Sterna | Phylum Chordata Family Sternidae Scientific name Sterna sumatrana Rank Species | |
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Similar Bird, Tern, Bridled tern, Greater crested tern, Roseate tern | ||
Black naped tern chick begging
The black-naped tern (Sterna sumatrana) is an oceanic tern mostly found in tropical and subtropical areas of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is rarely found inland.
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- Bathala maldives black naped tern sterna sumatrana
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Bathala maldives black naped tern sterna sumatrana
Description
The tern is about 30 cm long with a wing length of 21–23 cm. Their beaks and legs are black, but the tips of their bills are yellow. They have long forked tails. The black-naped tern has a white face and breast with a grayish-white back and wings. The first couple of their primary feathers are gray.
There are two listed subspecies:
References
Black-naped tern Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA