Bridled Tern

Onychoprion anaethetus - Sterne bridée

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Laridés

  • Genus
    :

    Onychoprion

  • Species
    :

    anaethetus

Descriptor

Scopoli, 1786

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 38 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 76 à 81 cm.
  • Weight
    : 95 à 150 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Sterne bridée
adult plum. post breeding
Sterne bridée
adult plum. transition

Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus) is a species of bird in the Laridae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

  • Onychoprion anaethetus anaethetus (e Indian Ocean and w Pacific)
  • Onychoprion anaethetus melanopterus (Caribbean Sea and w Africa)
  • Onychoprion anaethetus antarcticus (Red Sea, Persian Gulf and w Indian Ocean)
  • Onychoprion anaethetus nelsoni (w coast of Mexico and Central America)

Foreign names

  • Sterne bridée,
  • Charrán embridado,
  • gaivina-de-dorso-castanho,
  • Zügelseeschwalbe,
  • álarcos csér,
  • Brilstern,
  • Sterna dalle redini,
  • tygeltärna,
  • Tøyleterne,
  • rybár tmavokrídly,
  • rybák uzdičkový,
  • Brilleterne,
  • ohjasnokitiira,
  • Brilseeswael (Brilsterretjie),
  • xatrac embridat,
  • Taumþerna,
  • rybitwa brunatnogrzbieta,
  • brūnspārnu zīriņš,
  • rjavoperuta čigra,
  • Бурокрылая крачка,
  • Dara-laut batu,
  • マミジロアジサシ,
  • 褐翅燕鸥,
  • นกนางนวลแกลบคิ้วขาว,
  • 白眉燕鷗,

Voice song and cries

Sterne bridée
adult

Habitat

Sterne bridée
adult

Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m) ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches, Tidepools ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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