Forster's Tern

Sterna forsteri - Sterne de Forster

Sterne de Forster
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Laridés

  • Genus
    :

    Sterna

  • Species
    :

    forsteri

Descriptor

Nuttall, 1834

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 36 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 73 à 82 cm.
  • Weight
    : 150 à 193 g
Longevity

12 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Sterne de Forster
adult
Sterne de Forster
adult plum. breeding

Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) is a species of bird in the Laridae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Sterne de Forster,
  • Charrán de Forster,
  • gaivina-neártica,
  • Forsterseeschwalbe,
  • tavi csér,
  • Forsters Stern,
  • Sterna di Forster,
  • kärrtärna,
  • Prærieterne,
  • rybár močiarny,
  • rybák severoamerický,
  • Prærie-terne,
  • hopeatiira,
  • xatrac de Forster,
  • Tálþerna,
  • rybitwa czarnoucha,
  • Forstera zīriņš,
  • ameriška rečna čigra,
  • Крачка Форстера,
  • メリケンアジサシ,
  • 弗氏燕鸥,
  • kärrtärna,
  • 加拿大燕鷗,

Voice song and call

Sterne de Forster
adult plum. post breeding

Habitat

Sterne de Forster

Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged)

Geographic range

Distribution

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

Other sources of interest

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