Black-naped Tern

Sterna sumatrana - Sterne diamant

Systematics

Order
:
Charadriiformes
Family
:
Laridés
Genus
:
Sterna
Species
:
sumatrana

Descriptor

Raffles, 1822

Biometrics

Size
: 35 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 98 à 100 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana) is a species of bird in the Laridae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Sterna sumatrana sumatrana (islands of e Indian Ocean to islands of w Pacific and Australasia)
Sterna sumatrana mathewsi (islands of the w Indian Ocean)

Foreign names

Sterne diamant,
Charrán de Sumatra,
gaivina-de-nuca-preta,
Schwarznacken-Seeschwalbe,
feketefejű csér,
Zwartnekstern,
Sterna nucanera,
svartnackad tärna,
Svartnakketerne,
rybár čiernotylový,
rybák bělotemenný,
Indonesisk Terne,
mustaniskatiira,
Swartkroonseeswael (Swartnekseeswael, Swartkroonsterretjie, Swartneksterretjie),
xatrac de Sumatra,
rybitwa równikowa,
melnkakla zīriņš,
Светлая крачка,
Dara-laut tengkuk-hitam,
エリグロアジサシ,
黑枕燕鸥,
นกนางนวลแกลบท้ายทอยดำ,
蒼燕鷗〔黑枕燕鷗〕,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal

Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Coral Reef, Outer Reef Channel, Back Slope, Foreslope (Outer Reef Slope), Lagoon, Inter-Reef Soft Substrate, Inter-Reef Rubble Substrate, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Tidepools ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands, Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes