Common tern

Sterna hirundo

Family Laridae. Order Charadriiformes.

Common tern — Photographs 1 — Common tern.
Photo: Andreas Trepte / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5

Description

The common tern (Sterna hirundo) is a seabird in the family Laridae.

Traits

Residency: migratory
Diet: fish (dives)
Game species: no

♪ Bird call

Recording: Aviceda

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Photographs

Common tern — Photographs 2 — Common tern. Zoological illustration.
Baldamus, A. C. Eduard; Blasius, J. H.; Naumann, Johann Andreas; Nauma / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Links

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