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Black-naped Tern

(Sterna sumatrana)
Size: 30-32 cm; wing span ca. 60 cm
Weight: 90-120 g

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Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Black-naped Tern at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

Race "sumatrana"

ADULT

Sex unknown

BREEDING

Frontal view of a Black-naped Tern; note the glossy sheen of the plumage, which distinguishes the species from the non-breeding plumage of other, similar species (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Lady Elliot Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, January 2016]

Near-lateral view of a Black-naped Tern (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Lady Elliot Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, January 2016]

Close-up lateral view of a Black-naped Tern (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Lady Elliot Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, January 2016]

Lateral view of two Black-naped Terns (photo courtesy of H. Mouritsen)
[One Tree Island, Capricornia Cays NP, QLD, January 2011]

Black-naped Terns on the ground (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Lady Elliot Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, January 2016]

Near-frontal view of a Black-naped Tern in flight (photo courtesy of H. Mouritsen)
[One Tree Island, Capricornia Cays NP, QLD, January 2011]

Lateral view of a Black-naped Tern in flight (photo courtesy of H. Mouritsen)
[One Tree Island, Capricornia Cays NP, QLD, January 2011]

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