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Terns
   
   

Fig 1 : Greater Crested Tern
  

Fig 2 : Greater Crested Tern
 

Fig 3 : Common Tern
 

Fig 4 : Black-naped Tern


Fig 5 : Whiskered Tern
  

Fig 1 :
Greater Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
Location : Bora Bora, western Pacific Ocean
Habitat : Coral lagoon

Fig 2 :
Greater Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
Location :
Changi, Singapore
Habitat : Roosting on near-shore fishing trap

Fig 3 :
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Location : Hampshire, England
Habitat :
Inland lake
Notes : This is the subspecies S. h. hirundo. Different subspecies occur as non-breeding migrants in Southeast Asia.

Fig 4 :
Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana
Location :
Changi, Singapore
Habitat : Coastal waters

Fig 5 :
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
Location :
Songkhla Lake, southern Thailand.
Habitat :
Coastal embayment

Fig 6 :
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
Location :
Laem Pak Bia, Phetchaburi Province, Thailand.
Habitat :
Coastal wetlands
Note : Photo by Charles Currin, November 2021.

Fig 7 :
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Location : Sam Roi Yot
, Phetchaburi Province, Thailand.
Habitat :
Tidal mudflats, at high tide
Note : Photo by Charles Currin, January 2022.

Fig 6 : Whiskered Tern
 

ゥ  Charles Currin
  

Fig 7 : Caspian Terns
 

ゥ  Charles Currin