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 LC    Forster's Tern* Id (Atlas):
    Sterna forsteri

Description (10)
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Family
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)

Size
32 - 36 cm

First Described (Guide)
Nuttall, 1834

Habitat
Coastal inshore water. From sea-level - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)
Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada (B) (P), Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA (B).

Vagrant to Antigua and Barbuda, Iceland, Ireland, Jamaica, Montserrat, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, St Vincent and The Grenadines, United Kingdom, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (U.S.).

British Columbia south to central Californian coast and east to southern Ontario, Great Lakes and northern Indiana; New York (Long I) to North Carolina; Gulf Coast, from Alabama to Tamaulipas, north-eastern Mexico. Winters from southern California to Panama, and from North Carolina to Gulf of Honduras.
 
Population
Estimated population is 120,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (80)...)

 
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) [XC143415]
     by Andrew Spencer from Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Siskiyou Co., California, United States (call)

 
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) [XC302649]
     by Paul Marvin from Bolsa Chica Ecological Preserve, Huntington Beach, Orange County, California, United States (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Forsters Tern (Sterna forsteri) - 10 files


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