The roseate tern is a species of tern in the family Laridae. The genus name Sterna is derived from Old English "stearn", "tern", and the specific dougallii refers to Scottish physician and collector D
2021 07 10 Sterna dougallii, St Marys Island, Northumberland 15
Juvenile S. d. dougallii showing its scaly mantle. Northumberland, UK.
S. d. bangsi often has an all-red bill. Indonesia.
S. d. gracilis, Capricornia Cays National Park, Queensland, Australia
Sterna is a genus of terns in the bird family Laridae. The genus used to encompass most "white" terns indiscriminately, but mtDNA sequence comparisons have determined that this arrangement was paraphy
Roseate tern
…status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae Genus: Sterna Species: S. dougallii Binomial name Sterna dougallii Montagu, 1813 The roseate tern (Sterna dougallii) is a species of tern in the family Laridae. The…
2014 05 18 Sterna hirundo, Killingworth Lake, Northumberland 05
Snowy crowned Tern, Vicente López, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1