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Sterna bergii Lichtenstein, 1823

212606  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212606)

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Description Length: 46-50 cm. Plumage: above, dark grey tail, rump, wings and back with white leading and trailing edges to spread...  
Description Length: 46-50 cm. Plumage: above, dark grey tail, rump, wings and back with white leading and trailing edges to spread wing; white collar on hindneck; crest and crown black; clearly demarcated forehead white (white speckling on forecrown in non-breeding bird); underparts white. Immature above dark brownish black with white edges to feathers. Bare parts: iris dark brown; bill yellow or geenish yellow; feet and legs black sometimes with yellow soles. Habitat: seashores and estuaries. Breeds in WIO. <389><391><393> [details]
WoRMS (2024). Sterna bergii Lichtenstein, 1823. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212606 on 2024-05-06
Date
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1998-07-17 10:53:12Z
created
1998-08-23 12:30:25Z
changed
Depew, Lorna
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z
checked

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context source (HKRMS) HKBWS. (2013). Hong Kong Bird Report 2011. <em>The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society.</em>  [details]   

context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]   

basis of record Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em>  [details]   

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Description Length: 46-50 cm. Plumage: above, dark grey tail, rump, wings and back with white leading and trailing edges to spread wing; white collar on hindneck; crest and crown black; clearly demarcated forehead white (white speckling on forecrown in non-breeding bird); underparts white. Immature above dark brownish black with white edges to feathers. Bare parts: iris dark brown; bill yellow or geenish yellow; feet and legs black sometimes with yellow soles. Habitat: seashores and estuaries. Breeds in WIO. <389><391><393> [details]
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Dutch grote kuifstern  [details]
English swift terngreater crested terngreat crested tern  [details]
French Sterne huppée  [details]
German Eilseeschwalbe  [details]
Japanese オオアジサシ  [details]
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