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Black Tern

Adult bird
- Andy Hall
- Media item
- Apr 15, 2024
- black tern chlidonias niger terns
- Comments: 0
- Category: Britain & Europe
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Unknown birds from Gambia 2

I found a folder more with a few more unidentified photos from a trip too the Gambia in February 2019. Any opinions on some of them will be a huge help, thanks. I'm trying to give me feeling about the photos under here: Photo 1: Indigobird? I guess it has to be village, but leg colour seems odd...
- Liebzi
- Thread
- Feb 21, 2023
- firefinch gambia indigobird lesser crested tern raptors sunbirds terns
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Oman non-breeding Terns (also Gull-billed & Bridled) -- Masirah Island & Musandam

I have been seeing these terns with black bills and partially black heads (first 5 photos) all over Oman and I think they are non-breeding Common Terns but could also be White-cheeked, Whiskered or Roseate Terns. These photos were all taken between April 20-24 on or near Masirah Island, Oman...
- AFM
- Thread
- Apr 25, 2022
- bridled-tern common tern gull-billed tern oman roseate tern tern terns whiskered tern white-cheeked tern
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
Inca Terns

Inca Terns (Larosterna inca)
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- Aug 5, 2020
- inca lima pucusana terns
- Comments: 18
- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
Terns

Terns having a discussion, taken at Bolsa Chica wetland, Orange County California.
- dalethorn
- Media item
- Oct 11, 2019
- bolsa chica terns
- Comments: 5
- Category: North America
Taking a Tern

Confused with so many squawking terns and white eyed gulls on this exposed reef during low water at Gota Adir in the Red Sea. Caspian terns, white cheeked terns, greater crested, lesser crested, black beaks, red beaks, orange beaks...............they were everywhere all over the rocks of the...
- GeorginaEgypt
- Media item
- Jun 17, 2019
- terns
- Comments: 5
- Category: Africa
Roseate Tern
- Andy Hall
- Media item
- Jun 10, 2019
- roseate tern terns
- Comments: 6
- Category: Britain & Europe
Whiskered Tern
- Andy Hall
- Media item
- May 8, 2019
- chlidonias hybrida terns whiskered tern
- Comments: 3
- Category: Britain & Europe
Franklin's Gull

Hope I identified it correctly. My wife calls it a laughing gull but that's slang isn't it?
- Danielbirdwatcher
- Media item
- May 4, 2019
- and skimmers gulls jaegers leucophaeus atricilla terns
- Comments: 10
- Category: North America
2 common terns

2 common terns on log on Lake Ontario shore
- eiguoc
- Media item
- Jul 27, 2018
- eiguoc terns
- Comments: 2
- Category: North America
Bringing home dinner
- Andy Hall
- Media item
- Jun 30, 2018
- little tern terns
- Comments: 4
- Category: Britain & Europe
Common Tern
- Andy Hall
- Media item
- Jun 2, 2018
- common tern terns
- Comments: 3
- Category: Britain & Europe
Little and Common terns

Don't turn round, he is taking a picture.
- LenoilR
- Media item
- Mar 25, 2018
- terns
- Comments: 4
- Category: Britain & Europe
Arctic Tern
- Andy Hall
- Media item
- Jul 4, 2017
- arctic terns terns
- Comments: 6
- Category: Britain & Europe
Assorted terns
- katastrofa
- Media item
- May 6, 2017
- terns
- Comments: 2
- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
Common Tern
- Andy Hall
- Media item
- Apr 24, 2016
- common tern terns
- Comments: 3
- Category: Britain & Europe
Caspian Terns Taking a Break

The Caspian terns have finally come through on their migration north.
- blue185jay
- Media item
- Apr 29, 2015
- caspian hydroprogne caspia terns
- Comments: 4
- Category: North America
Just practising.

Crested terns from a long way away, heavily cropped.
- Tiger1
- Media item
- Oct 15, 2014
- terns
- Comments: 3
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
Singing choir on the seaside beach

There were so many of them on that particular day, making so much of noise, it was a treat to watch
- Vijayashankara
- Media item
- Aug 26, 2014
- beach choir crested sea singing terns
- Comments: 5
- Category: Middle-East
Terns

Terns doing a "turn" - double decker!
- Granston
- Media item
- May 13, 2013
- terns
- Comments: 3
- Category: Britain & Europe
Black Tern

These guys are among my favorite terns. The will be arriving soon.
- earthimages100
- Media item
- Apr 11, 2013
- black terns terns
- Comments: 17
- Category: North America
Ten Terns at Cape May Point State Park

Limited edition linocut. 6x9 inches for image; 9x12 including border. Gamblin oil-based ink on Rives Lightweight paper. Based on photos and sketches of a collection of terns seen at Cape May Point State Park in New Jersey in August, 2011. Center tern is a Black Tern.
- solitaryVSong
- Media item
- Sep 6, 2012
- black tern cape may point state park linocut terns
- Comments: 0
- Category: Art & Graphics
White-winged Black Tern

Final capture of the white-winged black tern that visited Alton Water last week.
- altonwatcher
- Media item
- Aug 5, 2012
- alton water suffolk terns white-winged black tern
- Comments: 4
- Category: Britain & Europe
White-winged Terns

In non-breeding plummage
- SeeToh
- Media item
- Nov 8, 2011
- terns
- Comments: 0
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
Whiskered Tern

Juvenile
- SeeToh
- Media item
- Oct 25, 2011
- terns
- Comments: 1
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands

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