Black-naped Tern

Black-naped Tern

Taxobox
name = Black-naped Tern



status = LC| status= LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Charadriiformes
familia = Sternidae
genus = " Sterna "
species = "S. sumatrana"
binomial = "Sterna sumatrana"
binomial_authority = Raffles, 1822

The Black-naped Tern ("Sterna sumatrana") is an oceanic tern mostly found in tropical and subtropical areas of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is rarely found inland.

The tern is about 30cm long with a wing length of 21-23cm. Their beaks and legs are black, but the tips of their bills are yellow. They have long forked tails.

The Black-naped tern has a white face and breast with a grayish-white back and wings. The first couple of their primary feathers are gray.

External links

* [http://www.vanuatu.net.vu/tourism/intro/Fauna/Bird-Black-naped-Tern-Vanuatu-2.shtml Photos of a Black-naped tern] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jinaa/2666015263/ Kiru Dhooni]


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