Black-bellied Tern (Sterna acuticauda)

Family
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)

Size
30 - 33 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gray, 1832

Habitat
Large rivers and marshes. Occasionally smaller pools and ditches. From sea-level - 730 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh (B), Cambodia, India (B), Laos (B), Myanmar (B), Nepal (B), Pakistan (B), Thailand (NB), Vietnam.

Vagrant to China (mainland) (B).

Pakistan (R Indus), Nepal and most of India east to south-western China (western Yunnan), and south through Myanmar, northern Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and southern Vietnam.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 25,000 (2010) and decreasing.

Status EN
Breeding habitat destruction, egg colection, overfishing, flooding of nesting sites, over-harvesting of wetlands products are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A clear, piping 'peuo'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

Black-bellied Tern (Sterna acuticauda) [XC505047]
by Thet Zaw Naing from Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, India (flight call)

Black-bellied Tern (Sterna acuticauda) [XC473067]
by id from Jaitpur Chambal, Dhaulpur, Madhya Pradesh, India (call)

Subspecies
In past, commonly listed as Sterna melanogaster, but name melanogaster was preoccupied.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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