Terns (Sternidae)
Fairy Tern (Sterna nereis) - HBW 3, p. 658
French: Sterne néréis
German: Australseeschwalbe
Spanish: Charrancito Australiano
Other common names: Nereis/Australian Fairy Tern
Taxonomy: Sternula nereis Gould, 1843, Bass Strait.
Overlaps in SE Australia with S. albifrons, and occasionally hybridizes. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- horni Mathews, 1912 - Western Australia.
- nereis (Gould, 1843) - South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania.
- exsul (Mathews, 1912) - New Caledonia.
- davisae (Mathews & Iredale, 1913) - N North I, New Zealand.
- Vulnerable Enlarge map
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close up side on view of adult Locality Port Beach, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia (ssp horni)
Martin Kennewell 7 February 2011 1 year ago 31 sec 4.8 -
rear view of adult, runs then flies Locality Port Beach, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia (ssp horni)
Martin Kennewell 7 February 2011 1 year ago 28 sec 4.7 -
A bird preening Locality Henley Beach, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (ssp nereis)
Philip Griffin 24 October 2005 6 years ago 34 sec 4.5 -
close up rear view on beach Locality Port Beach, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia (ssp horni)
Martin Kennewell 7 February 2011 1 year ago 12 sec 4.3 -
adult stood in surf, poohs Locality Port Beach, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia (ssp horni)
Martin Kennewell 7 February 2011 1 year ago 23 sec 4.3 -
rear view of fledgling near adult Locality Port Beach, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia (ssp horni)
Martin Kennewell 7 February 2011 1 year ago 28 sec 4
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Taking off with a meal
Locality Goolwa, South Australia, Australia
Peter Strauss 24 October 2010 50 weeks ago 3.9 -
Adult bird in "Ilot Ténia"
Locality New Caledonia (ssp exsul)
AUGER Benjamin 20 March 2011 5 weeks ago 3.7 -
2 birds seen - showing at extremely close range
Locality Waipu Cove, North Island, New Zealand (ssp New Zealand race)
Paul Varney 25 December 2009 39 weeks ago 3.7 -
This subspecies is in critical danger, it counts only around thirty individual. This one had been ringed on January 22nd, 1999 t
Locality Waipu Cove, North Island, New Zealand (ssp davisae)
Georges Olioso 15 November 2005 2 years ago 3.4 -
A bird in non-breeding plumage perching on a rock.
Locality Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, Victoria, Australia (ssp nereis)
Nick Talbot 24 September 2010 1 year ago 3
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