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Caspian Terns loafing on the Coorong , South Australia. | ||||||||||||||
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| Sterna caspia Pallas, 1770 |
The Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia) is the largest tern.
Adult birds have black legs and a long thick red-orange bill. They have a white head with a black cap and white neck, belly and tail. The upper wings and back are pale grey; the underwings are pale with dark tips.
Their breeding habitat is large lakes and ocean coasts in North America including the Great Lakes and locally across much of Europe, Asia, AfricaAfrica is the world's second-largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. 30,244,050 km2 (11,677,240 mi2) including the islands, it covers 20. 3% of the total land area on Earth, and with over 800 million human inhabitants it accounts for ar and AustraliaAustralia is the sixth-largest country in the world (geographically), the only one to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia. Australia includes the island of Tasmania, which is an Australian State. Its neighbouring count. They usually nest on the ground among debris or sometimes on floating material.
North American birds migrateLong-distance land bird migration Many species of land birds migrate very long distances, the most common pattern being for birds to breed in the temperate or arctic northern hemisphere and winter in warmer regions, often in the tropics or the southern he to southern coasts, the West Indies and northern South AmericaSouth America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. South America is situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It became attached to North America only recently, geologically speaking, wi. Eurasian birds winter in the Old World tropics.
These birds dive for fish, hovering high over the water and then plunging. They also sometimes eat insects or young and eggs of other birds.
The call is a loud heron-likeArdea Zebrilus Philherodias Tigrisoma Ardeola Bubulcus Egretta Agamia Butorides Tigriornis Tigrisoma Gorsachius Syrigma Zonerodius Nycticorax see also: Bittern Herons are medium to large long-legged, long-necked wading birds of the family Ardeidae, which croak.
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