Showing posts with label Sterna caspia. Show all posts
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Monday, March 23, 2015

CASPIAN TERN

Photographed Coffin Bay National Park, South Australia March 2015
542          CASPIAN TERN              Sterna caspia

Australia       (383)

Largest of the terns. 48-55 cm; wingspan 1.1-1.4 m. Found coastal, offshore waters; beaches, mudflats, estuaries, larger rivers, reservoirs, lakes, some inland. Range Aust, including Tasmania: seldom numerous. Not in driest parts of central Western Australia.