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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common, least and little terns also sometimes use inland locations. The marsh terns, Trudeau's tern and some Forster's terns nest in inland marshes. The...
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Sandwich tern. This bird could be confused with the royal tern or Forster's tern, but the royal tern is larger and thicker-billed and shows more white on the...
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World War II Bradford Forster Square railway station, a railway station near Forster Square Forster's tern, a seabird of the tern family, Sternidae Forester...
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there is a dark patch through the eye like a Forster's tern or a Mediterranean gull. Juvenile gull-billed terns have a fainter mask, but otherwise look much...
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the Indo-Pacific. Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri) is a species of tern, primarily from the Americas. (in German) Dove, Alfred. "Forster, Johann Reinhold"...
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there is a dark patch through the eye like a Forster's tern or a Mediterranean gull. Juvenile Australian terns have a fainter mask, but otherwise look much...
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Sterna is a genus of terns in the bird family Laridae. The genus used to encompass most "white" terns indiscriminately, but mtDNA sequence comparisons...
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pintail and green-wing teal, geese like Canada geese and tundra swans. Forster's tern fishing on Lake Mattamuskeet Swamp sparrow at Lake Mattamuskeet New...
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characteristic. It feeds further out to sea than the common tern. In North America, the Forster's tern in breeding plumage is obviously larger than the common...
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Gull-billed tern Caspian tern Royal tern Sandwich tern Common tern Arctic tern Forster's tern Least tern Sooty tern Large-billed tern Black tern Black skimmer...
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Hydroprogne caspia Black tern, Chlidonias niger Common tern, Sterna hirundo Forster's tern, Sterna forsteri Black skimmer, Rynchops niger (A) Order: Gaviiformes Family:...
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determined and effective predators. American crows, black-billed magpies and Forster's tern can sometimes take eggs. Mammalian predators (including red foxes, coyotes...
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petrel Fork-tailed sunbird Fork-tailed tody-tyrant Fork-tailed woodnymph Forster's tern Forty-spotted pardalote Four-banded sandgrouse Foveaux shag Fox kestrel...
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snowy-crowned tern and several other closely related terns belong in a genus separate from Sterna. At the least, the snowy-crowned and Forster's tern (S. forsteri)...
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birds in the salt pond to experience high levels of mercury exposure: Forster's terns (Sterna forsteri) that breed in the salt ponds have the highest average...
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Black-legged kittiwake U - U F Caspian tern F F - - Elegant tern - C C - Common tern F - F - Arctic tern F - F - Forster's tern C F U F Common murre C C C C Pigeon...
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woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna) Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri) Gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Great blue heron...
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grebe, Franklin's gull, black tern, tundra swan, bufflehead, stilt sandpiper, red-necked phalarope, and the Forster's tern. Blackstrap Lake is a major part...
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flycatcher. Other rare species of birds that are being affected are Black tern, Forster's tern, American bittern, Least bittern, and Virginia rail. Lake Koshkonong...
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Common tern, Sterna hirundo (B) Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea (N, excluding Cupsogue Beach County Park) Forster's tern, Sterna forsteri (B) Royal tern, Thalasseus...
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Roseate tern, Sterna dougallii LC Common tern, Sterna hirundo LC Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea LC Forster's tern, Sterna forsteri LC Royal tern, Thalasseus...
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in Florida. On islands in North Carolina, rice rats consume eggs of Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri). They have been observed preying on alligator eggs...
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Common tern, Sterna hirundo Elegant tern, Thalasseus elegans (A) European herring gull, Larus argentatus Forster's tern, Sterna forsteri (A) Franklin's gull...
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White-winged tern, Chlidonias leucopterus (A) Common tern, Sterna hirundo (B) Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea (B) Forster's tern, Sterna forsteri (B) Royal tern, Thalasseus...
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hirundo Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea (R) Forster's tern, Sterna forsteri Royal tern, Thalasseus maxima Sandwich tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis Black skimmer...
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(A) Roseate tern, Sterna dougallii Common tern, Sterna hirundo Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea Forster's tern, Sterna forsteri Royal tern, Thalasseus maxima...
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Antarctic tern, Sterna vittata Forster's tern, Sterna forsteri (V) Snowy-crowned tern, Sterna trudeaui Elegant tern, Thalasseus elegans Sandwich tern, Thalasseus...
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summer visitor Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri) A – rare vagrant Whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybridus) A – rare vagrant White-winged black tern (Chlidonias...
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LC Common gull, Larus canus LC Common tern, Sterna hirundo LC Elegant tern, Thalasseus elegans NT Forster's tern, Sterna forsteri LC Franklin's gull, Leucophaeus...
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