Terns (Sternidae) - HBW 3
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
French: Guifette noire
German: Trauerseeschwalbe
Spanish: Fumarel Común
Taxonomy: Sterna nigra Linnaeus, 1758, near Uppsala, Sweden.
Genus sometimes merged into Sterna. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- niger (Linnaeus, 1758) - S Scandinavia S to S Spain, and E through E Europe and W Asia to L Balkhash and Altai; winters in Africa.
- surinamensis (Gmelin, 1789) - Great Slave L, S Mackenzie and C Manitoba S to California, and E to Great Lakes, NW Pennsylvania and NW New York, with disjunct populations in Kansas, Indiana and N Vermont; winters in Central America and N South America.
- Least Concern
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immature flying over Mitchell Lake marsh water Texas, USA
Malcolm Mark Swan 26 July 2008 50 weeks ago 1 min 20 sec 3.3 -
A bird flying Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia (ssp niger)
Tom Tarrant 1992 4 years ago 24 sec 3 -
An adult in winter plumage on the beach Bioko (ssp niger)
Ramón Antor 1986 6 years ago 17 sec 2.9 -
An adult in winter plumage at sea Bioko (ssp niger)
Ramón Antor 1986 6 years ago 15 sec 1.9
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Adult in breeding plumage with a group of Sandwich Terns Caimare Chico, Zulia State, Venezuela
kperezleon 17 August 2008 37 weeks ago 3.5 -
Adult in non-breeding plumage Caimare Chico, Zulia State, Venezuela
kperezleon 17 August 2008 37 weeks ago 3.3 -
Young bird flying at sunset. Trasona Reservoir, Corvera, Asturias, Spain (ssp niger)
Luis Mario Arce 6 September 2008 37 weeks ago 3
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