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Sterna dougallii
Family:
Gulls and terns
Length:
33cm to 38cm
Wingspan:
72cm to 80cm
Weight:
95g to 130g
Other birds in the Gulls and terns family
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Audouin’s Gull
Named in honour of the French naturalist and ornithologist, Jean Victor Audouin (1797 – 1841) the Audouin’s gull is one of the world’s rarest and is limited in the main to regions within and surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.
Yellow-Legged Gull
Sandwich Tern
Mediterranean Gull
Little Tern
Little Gull
Lesser Black-Backed Gull
Kittiwake
Iceland Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-Backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Common Tern
Terns are water birds from the family Sternidae and are expert fish catchers. There are generally considered to be forty five separate species of terns worldwide. Generally smaller than gulls but with long tails, thin bodies and short legs, they are long distance migrants.
Common Gull
There are four sub-species of the common gull with the European variant being the nominate. The other three are the Russian, Kamchatka and American, which are all predominantly confined to the geographical region attributed by their name. There are subtle differences in plumage and overall size of bird between sub-species.
Black-Headed Gull
The title of Black-headed Gull is rather a misnomer for this bird as its head is not black but a dark brown colour and only in adult birds during the breeding season. It is not present during the winter months or in other plumages. Unlike many gulls it is not restricted to coastal regions and is widespread inland in both rural and urban areas.
Black Tern
A graceful tern, easily distinguishable in their black summer plumage, which they're named after.
Arctic Tern
Avian athletes that travel pole to pole.
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