how many terns have you seen? (1 Viewer)

grebefeet9 · Jun 20, 2012

so far, i have 6:
common,
forster's,
caspian,
elegant,
royal,
sandwich.

hope to get least this summer.

interested to see what others have seen.

Phil Hill · Jun 20, 2012

13 species so far, 8 in Britain and 5 more on my travels.

Arctic tern,
Black Tern,
Caspian Tern,
Common Tern,
Gull Billed Tern,
Lesser Crested Tern,
Little Tern,
Roseate Tern,
Royal Tern,
Sandwich Tern,
South American Tern,
Whiskered Tern,
White Winged Black Tern.

Cristian Mihai · Jun 20, 2012

Caspian, Gull-billed, White-winged, Whiskered, Black, Common, Sandwich, Little - all 8 in Romania.

HartleyHare · Jun 20, 2012

I saw Sandwich Terns, Artic Terns and Common Terns and their chicks yesterday. The lady from the North Wales Wildlife trust said there were over 2,000 birds |8.| It was rather amazing. Also, watched the parent birds diving for sand eels.

birding maniac · Jun 20, 2012

I've seen a few:
Gull Billed
Caspian
Lesser Crested
Sandwich
Roseate
Common
Forster's
Arctic
Little
Whiskered
Black (inc American)
White Winged Black

12 species in all

Jacana · Jun 20, 2012

Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Great Crested Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Sandwich Tern
Little Tern
Least Tern
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Black Tern

14 species in total.

Steve Lister · Jun 20, 2012

Gull-billed
Caspian
Elegant
Lesser Crested
Sandwich (all three forms)
Royal (both forms)
Great Crested
River
Roseate
Common
Arctic
Forster's
Little
Saunders'
Least
Yellow-billed
Peruvian
White-cheeked
Black-bellied
Bridled
Sooty
Whiskered
White-winged
Black
Large-billed
Brown Noddy
Inca

So 27 - 17 more to go

Steve

wintibird · Jun 20, 2012

Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Greater Crested Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Sandwich Tern
Little Tern
Yellow-billed Tern
River Tern
Roseate Tern
Black-naped Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Black Tern
Large-billed Tern
Inca Tern

17 species so far.

André

Farnboro John · Jun 20, 2012

Least
Little
Black
(American Black)
White-winged Black
Whiskered
Common
Arctic
Roseate
Forster's
Sandwich
Lesser Crested
(Elegant)
Gull-billed
Caspian
Bridled
Sooty

Abroad:
Royal
Crested
South American
Antarctic
Damara

20 plus maybe two if American Black gets split and Elegant makes it onto one or other national list in the British Isles. I like terns.

John

csanchez7 · Jun 21, 2012

Within the ABA area, I have seen 14 species (seen all in Florida, except Elegant):

Brown Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern

Elsewhere in the world, I have seen 9 more:

Little Tern
White-winged Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-fronted Tern
Black-naped Tern
Great Crested Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Yellow-billed Tern
Large-billed Tern

For a total of 23 species.

Carlos

Jeff Hopkins · Jun 21, 2012

24:

Brown Noddy
Black Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Aleutian Tern
Little Tern
Least Tern
Yellow-billed Tern
Large-billed Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
White-winged Tern
Whiskered Tern
Roseate Tern
Black-naped Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
South American Tern
Forster's Tern
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern
Great Crested-Tern

Missed Chinese crested-tern.

Allen S. Moore · Jun 23, 2012

I've seen 20 species in Europe (British Isles, Portugal and Spain) and Australia (including Lord Howe Island). They are listed in approximately the order in which I have seen them:

Sandwich Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Little Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
Gull-billed Tern
(Great) Crested Tern
Common Noddy
Sooty Tern
Black Noddy
White Tern
Grey Ternlet
Bridled Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Black-naped Tern
Fairy Tern
White-winged Tern

WACCOE · Jun 23, 2012

Twenty
Sooty
Bridled
Little
Damara
Gull-billed
Caspian
Black (both forms)
White-winged Black
Whiskered
Roseate
Arctic
Common
Forster’s
Black-bellied
River
White-cheeked
Royal
Great Crested (two forms)
Sandwich (two forms)
Lesser Crested

Birdingcraft · Jun 23, 2012

Florida sounds like a tern hotspot. I am missing a bunch of species, my tern list standing at 16 for now:

Little Tern
Least Tern
Yellow-billed Tern
Large-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
Inca Tern
Black Tern
White-winged Tern
Whiskered Tern
Greater Crested Tern
Elegant Tern
Forsters Tern
Common Tern

Mayo Corncrake · Jun 23, 2012

14 Terns and where I saw them first:
Common: Skerries, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Artic: Skerries
Roseate: Skerries
Little: Kilcoole, Wicklow, Republic of Ireland
Sandwich: Skerries
Wiskered: Wexford wildfowl reserve, Republic of Ireland
Black: Lady's Island, Wexford
White winged black: Lady's Island, Wexford
Forster's: Skerries
Gull billed tern: Wexford wildfowl reserve
Caspian tern: Tunisia
Greated Crested tern: Goa, India
Lesser crested tern: Goa, India
Royal tern: Naples, Florida

Dom F · Jun 24, 2012

15 so far:
Common
Arctic
Roseate
Little
Least
Black
White-winged Black
Whiskered
Bridled
Gull-billed
Lesser Crested
Crested
Black-naped
Caspian
Sandwich

In Europe and Australia

McMadd · Jun 24, 2012

Huh! Seen 22...didn't realise it was that many!

And for Jeff...CCT? On my list B

Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Greater Crested Tern
Chinese Crested Tern
Sandwich Tern
Little Tern
Least Tern
Fairy Tern
Spectacled Tern
Bridled Tern
Sooty Tern
Roseate Tern
White-fronted Tern
Black-naped Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
Black-fronted Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Black Tern

plus

White Tern
Brown Noddy
Black Noddy
Grey Noddy

if we're counting them!

McM

Larry Lade · Jun 24, 2012

Whiskered Tern, Bogoria, Kenya
White-winged Tern, Bogoria, Kenya
Black Tern, Saint Joseph, Missouri
Gull-billed Tern, Rockport, Texas
Caspian Tern, Savannah, Missouri
Royal Tern, Austwell, Texas
Sandwich Tern, Fort Myers, Florida
Elegant Tern, San Diego, California
Roseate Tern, Eastern Egg Rock, Maine
Common Tern, Saint Joseph, Missouri
Arctic Tern, Long Branch Lake, Macon, Missouri
Forster's Tern, Saint Joseph, Missouri
Least Tern, Saint Joseph, Missouri
Yellow-billed Tern, Sacha Lodge, Ecuador

There is a similar thread here for Gulls Terns and Jaegers/Skuas you have seen

lazza · Jun 25, 2012

For me there have been 4 in the UK - all around the Farne Islands:

Sandwich
Roseate
Common
Arctic

Three more in Spain (at El Pinet and El Hondo, near Alicante):

Little
Whiskered
White winged

And two in the BVIs:

Least
Royal

Makes 9 in total

chris butterworth · Jun 25, 2012

Damn. Just as I thought it was safe - another 'How many.....' pops up.

1 Brown Noddy
2 Black Noddy
3 Lesser Noddy
4 Blue Noddy
5 White Tern
6 Spectacled Tern
7 Bridled Tern
8 Sooty Tern
9 Fairy Tern
10 Damara Tern
11 Little Tern
12 Saunder's Tern
13 Least Tern
14 Yellow-billed Tern
15 Large-billed Tern
16 Caspian Tern
17 Gull-billed Tern
18 Black Tern
19 White-winged Tern
20 Whiskered Tern
21 Black-fronted Tern
22 Less. Crested Tern
23 Royal Tern
24 Gtr. Crested ( Swift ) Tern
25 Elegant Tern
26 Sandwich Tern
26a Cabot's Tern
26b Cayenne Tern
27 Forster's Tern
28 Snowy-crowned Tern
29 Common Tern
30 Roseate Tern
31 White-fronted Tern
32 Black-naped Tern
33 South American Tern
34 Antarctic Tern
35 Atrctic Tern
36 River Tern
37 Black-bellied Tern
38 White-cheeked Tern
and, if you count them as being very close -
Black Skimmer
African Skimmer
Indian Skimmer

Which should add up to 41 or 43 depending on your taxonomy o

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