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| Sterna anaethetus |
Scopoli, 1786 |
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Family: Laridae |
Order: Charadriiformes |
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Bridled tern |
Sterne bridée |
Charrán embridado |
Zügelseeschwalbe |
| Migration: intercontinental |
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Virtually unknown to most areas. Widespread at sea. Birds from West Indies and Atlantic probably move E to
upwellings off W Africa. Some Seychelles birds appear on E coast of Africa. Australian breeders leave colonies
in Mar, but movements unknown. Heavy southward autumn movement past Colombo, Sri Lanka, with estimate
of 125,000 migrating S in Aug 1974, and possibly twice that number in 1978. rare visitor to coasts of USA and
Europe, usually after hurricanes. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1996)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1996) - www.hbw.com,
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| Regions: Caribbean Islands, East Asia, Europe, Mesoamerica, North Africa, North America, Oceania, South
& Southeast Asia, South America, Sub-Saharan Africa, West & Central Asia |
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |