LITTLE TERN

Photographed in north-west Bali October 2016 

(see   287)              LITTLE TERN               Sterna albifrons 

INDONESIA (Bali)         (73)        

Usually seen in coastal regions and sometimes around freshwater lakes and rivers as much as 100 kms inland. 23 cms. Distribution: Breeds in Africa, Eurasia and Australia; partly migratory; widespread and fairly common winter visitor throughout Indonesia; also resident on Java, Bali and Wallacea.

LITTLE TERN

287                LITTLE TERN              Sterna albifrons

Australia         (257)

21-24 cm, span c. 50 cm. Range around the coast of the mainland from Shark Bay (WA) north to Adelaide (SA) and along n. and e. coast of Tasmania. Found in coastal waters, bays, inlets, beaches, sand dunes, lakes and salt lakes. Summer migrants