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Grey Ternlet (Procelsterna albivitta [cerulea]) Alternate name(s): "Grey Noddy" Size: 25-30 cm; wing span 45-60 cm Weight: 63-93 g

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Physical description Click here for a physical description Grey Ternlets are medium-sized terns. Their plumage comes in two different morphologies, light and dark. Light morphology Grey Ternlets have an all-white head, neck and front (chest, belly, vent, tail). The wings are light-grey, with conspicuous dark-grey tips. The dark morphology is light-grey wherever the light morphology is white and the wings are a darker shade of grey, with black wing tips. Both morphologies have black eyes, a black bill and black legs and feet.

Taxonomy, classification See Grey Ternlet at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species Click here for information on habitat and range The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found, based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to ebird.org . The global distribution of the Gery Ternlet is available HERE . There are three races of Grey Ternlets, which populate the subtropical and warm temperate parts of the southern Pacific Ocean. Only Grey Ternlets, race "albivitta", are found around Australia. They reach Australian coastal waters and some offshore islands from the East, in an area spanning from about Fraser Island, QLD, to northern Tasmania. They hardly ever reach the continental shore. Grey Ternlets are usually found on the open sea and islands.

Sightings Click here for sighting information Race "albivitta" B. Hensen reports seeing Grey Ternlets, race "albivitta", at The Gulch, Lord Howe Island, in November 2014. All sighting and photographic information presented on this page has kindly been contributed by B. Hensen.

Photos

Race "albivitta"

White morphology

ADULT

Sex unknown

Lateral view of a Gery Ternlet resting on a rock ledge (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[The Gulch, Lord Howe Island, November 2014]

Grey Ternlet in flight, with a clear view onto its underwing pattern (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[The Gulch, Lord Howe Island, November 2014]

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