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 LC    White-cheeked Tern* Id (Atlas):
    Sterna repressa

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

Size
33 cm

First Described (Guide)
Hartert, 1916

Range (Guide)
Bahrain (B) (P), Djibouti, Egypt (B), Eritrea, India, Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Iraq (B), Israel, Jordan (P), Kenya, Kuwait (B), Maldives, Oman (B) (P), Pakistan, Qatar (B), Saudi Arabia (B) (P), Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], United Arab Emirates (B), Yemen (B) (NB) (P).

Vagrant to South Africa.

Red Sea south to Somalia and Kenya, and east through Persian Gulf and Oman to western India (Bombay). Winters on coasts of north-eastern Africa and Arabian Sea to south-western India and Laccadives.
 
Population
Estimated population is 600,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

 
White-cheeked Tern (Sterna repressa) [XC659650]
     by David Darrell-Lambert from Gayal, Al Bad, Tabuk Province, Saudi Arabia (call)

 
White-cheeked Tern (Sterna repressa) [XC472372]
     by David Darrell-Lambert from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (flight call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for White-cheeked Tern (Sterna repressa) - 10 files


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