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| Photographed at Chili Beach, northern Queensland October 2015 |
704 BLACK-NAPED TERN Sterna sumatrana
Australia (546)
30-32 cm, wingspan c. 60 cm. Found in tropical, subtropical seas: forages over lagoons, edges of reefs, coasts; mostly offshore. Range: coastal n. Aust., from Capricorn Group (se Q), n. and w. to islands off Cobourg Pen. (NT). Sedentary, dispersive.
