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    The least tern (Sternula antillarum) is a species of tern that breeds in North America and locally in northern South America. It is closely related to...
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    to the head, but the marsh terns, the black-bellied tern, the Inca tern, and some noddies have dark body plumage for at least part of the year. The sexes...
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    The California least tern (Sternula antillarum browni) is a subspecies of least tern that breeds primarily in bays of the Pacific Ocean within a very...
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    white tern or common white tern (Gygis alba) is a small seabird found across the tropical oceans of the world. It is sometimes known as the fairy tern, although...
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    separate species, the least tern (Sternula antillarum) and Saunders's tern (Sternula saundersi), respectively. The little tern breeds in colonies on gravel...
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    using its eggs are a delicacy. The sooty tern has little interspecific variation, but it can be divided into at least two allopatric subspecies. Some recent...
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    The greater crested tern (Thalasseus bergii), also called crested tern, swift tern, or great crested tern, is a tern in the family Laridae that nests in...
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    The common tern (Sterna hirundo) is a seabird in the family Laridae. This bird has a circumpolar distribution, its four subspecies breeding in temperate...
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    The Sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) is a tern in the family Laridae. It is very closely related to the lesser crested tern (T. bengalensis), Chinese...
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    The Inca tern (Larosterna inca) is a near-threatened species of tern in the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae (the gulls, terns, and skimmers)...
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    The white-winged tern, or white-winged black tern (Chlidonias leucopterus or Chlidonias leucoptera), is a species of tern in the family Laridae. It is...
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    The Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) is a tern in the family Laridae. This bird has a circumpolar breeding distribution covering the Arctic and sub-Arctic...
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    The lesser crested tern (Thalasseus bengalensis) is a tern in the family Laridae. The genus name is from Ancient Greek Thalasseus, "fisherman" from thalassa...
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    species included the great blue heron, snowy plover, Ridgway's rail and least tern. The lagoons support various species of shorebirds, wading birds, waterfowl...
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    The royal tern (Thalasseus maximus) is a tern in the family Laridae. The species is endemic to the Americas, though vagrants have been identified in Europe...
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    of the little tern, least tern, yellow-billed tern, and Peruvian tern. In non-breeding plumages, the Saunder's tern and the little tern may be almost...
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    reddish egret, and five species of terns, including the least tern, Caspian tern, black tern, Sandwich tern, and royal tern. The two periodically appearing...
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    The whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida) is a tern in the family Laridae. The genus name is from Ancient Greek khelidonios, "swallow-like", from khelidon...
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    in size and is composed of the Main Base, training beaches, California least tern preserve, recreational marina, enlisted family housing, and state park...
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    The Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) is a species of tern, with a subcosmopolitan but scattered distribution. Despite its extensive range, it is monotypic...
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    reddish egret, and five species of terns, including the least tern, Caspian tern, black tern, Sandwich tern, and royal tern. The two periodically appearing...
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    plover. In 2015, approximately 800 Least Tern nested on the northern section of the island, making it the largest Least Tern colony in the state and one of...
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    The black tern (Chlidonias niger) is a small tern generally found in or near inland water that breeds in Europe, Western Asia and North America. In winter...
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    Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri) is a tern in the family Laridae. The genus name Sterna is derived from Old English "stearn", "tern", and forsteri commemorates...
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    few places in the Virgin Islands where brown pelicans and threatened least terns nest. Most of the Monument area, which is administered by the National...
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    Common raven (category IUCN Red List least concern species)
    (1990). Ecology of corvids in the vicinity of the Aliso Creek California Least Tern colony, Camp Pendelton, California. U.S. Dept. of Agric., North Dakota...
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    the three endangered bird species: California clapper rail, California least tern, and Belding's Savannah sparrow. The refuge is located within Naval Weapons...
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    The gull-billed tern (Gelochelidon nilotica), formerly Sterna nilotica, is a tern in the family Laridae. It is widely distributed and breeds in scattered...
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    (V) LC Little tern, Sternula albifrons LC Least tern, Sternula antillarum LC Gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon nilotica (V) LC Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia...
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    as a nesting site for the endangered California least tern. April through September is the least tern nesting season at SAN. Since 1970, this endangered...
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