Line 17: | Line 17: | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
====Breeding==== | ====Breeding==== | ||
− | + | 1 - 3 eggs are laid on the ground. The nest is a scrape in the ground, ususally on a shingle beach. | |
+ | |||
====Diet==== | ====Diet==== | ||
It plunge-dives for fish. | It plunge-dives for fish. |
Revision as of 18:19, 20 September 2008
- Sterna albifrons
Identification
L. 21-25 cm Ws. 41-47 cm
- Yellow bill with black tip
- Yellow legs
Distribution
Taxonomy
Habitat
Gravel or shingle coasts and islands.
Behaviour
Breeding
1 - 3 eggs are laid on the ground. The nest is a scrape in the ground, ususally on a shingle beach.
Diet
It plunge-dives for fish.
Voice
<flashmp3>Sterna albifrons (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program