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ViewsBridled TernFrom OpusPhoto by kuwaity. Location: Kubbar island, Kuwait.
[edit] Identification30-32cm. Dark grey upperparts, white underparts, forehead, eyebrows and collar on hindneck, black legs and bill, deeply forked tail. Juvenile - scaly grey above and pale below. [edit] DistributionMexico, the Caribbean and west Africa; other races occur around Arabia and in Southeast Asia and Australasia. [edit] TaxonomyThere are 4 subspecies. Sooty Tern, Bridled Tern, Gray-backed Tern and Aleutian Tern are each others closest relatives and all four are sometimes placed in a separate genus Onychoprion. [edit] HabitatOceans and rocky islands. [edit] BehaviourIt nests in a ground scrape or hole; 1 egg is laid. The diet includes fish which is obtained by plunge-diving. [edit] External Links
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