Forster's Tern - Sterna forsteri

Sterne de Forster

Forster's Tern
There is only one species of tern called the Elegant Tern (Sterna elegans), but to me they are all elegant, and that includes the Forster’s Tern, which has a very scattered and interrupted breeding range. It breeds on the central prairies, but also on parts of the west coast, the east coast, and the Gulf (of Mexico) coast, as well as in the Great Lakes region, including extreme southwestern Ontario. Postbreeding birds wander widely, the young and winter-plumage birds rather easy to identify from other similar terns because of distinctive dark “ear patches” behind the eye. They are migratory
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  • Charrán de Forster
  • gaivina-neártica
  • Forsterseeschwalbe
  • Sterna forsteri
  • Charadriiformes

The species

Classification

Order  : Charadriiformes
Family : Laridae
Species : Forster's Tern

Geographic range by countries


specie's pictures


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The picture

O.Net ref. : bkma80533
Author :

Shooting


Country : Cuba (cu)
Region : Provincia Granma
Place : Paso de Chinchorro Paso de Chinchorro
Lat. : 20° 13' 41'' North
Lng. : 77° 20' 59'' West

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Model : Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Exposure : 1/1250 s

aperture : 4

Focal length : 28 mm

Iso : 100

Flash : no