Common Tern

Sterna fluviatilis, the Common Tern, occupying the coasts and inland waters of Europe, temperate Asia, and temperate America-chiefly on the eastern side in the last case- and migrating to South Africa, India, Ceylon, and Brazil, has red feet, and bill with horn-coloured tip, the lower parts being vinaceous grey.” A. H. Evans, 1900

Keywords

migratory birds, birds, tern, seabirds, Sternidae, threatened species, threatened birds, Sterna fluviatilis, Common Tern, Sterna hirundo, sub-Arctic birds, migratory waterbirds, pictar, sea swallow

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Source

Evans, A. H. Birds (New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1900)

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