Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Terns :: Bridled Tern

Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus

Described by: Scopoli (1786)
Alternate common name(s): Brown-winged Tern
Old scientific name(s): Haliplana anaetheta, Onychoprion anaethetus

Photographs

Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, Australia - Mar, 2004 © Tom Tarrant  Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, Australia - Mar, 2004 © Tom Tarrant  Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, Australia - Nov, 2006 © Tom Tarrant  Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA - Sep 1, 2007 © Glen Tepke  Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA - Sep 1, 2007 © Glen Tepke 
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Range

Tropical oceans of the world;
Many populations;
(1) W. coast of Mexico and Central America.
(2) W. Africa on islands off Mauritania and Senegambia and islands in the Gulf of Guinea.
(3) S. Red Sea coasts of Sudan, Eritrea, Somalia and Kenya to Abu Dhabi (Persian Gulf) and Arabian Sea to w. India.
(4) Seychelles, Maldives, Laccadive Is., Madagascar, Aldabra, Mauritius Is. e. to the Andaman Is.
(5) Ex. s. Japan (s. Ryukyu Is.), Taiwan s. through the ec. Philippines (Maturin Is. and Palau) and Indonesia to New Guinea, Lord Howe Is., Norfolk Is. and n. Australia from w. Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland.
(6) N. Western Australia e. from Cape Leeuwin.
(7) Ne. Australia (Queensland, Great Barrier Reef islands such as Michaelmas Cay, Lady Elliot Island and Musgrave Island).
(8) Ex. se. United States (Florida Keys), West Indies (Bahamas on New Providence, Grand Bahamas, the Biminis, Abaco Sound, Andors Is., Eleuthera, the Exumas, Cat Is., San Salvador, Long Is., Crooked and Acklins, Turks and Caicos), e. Mexico off the Yucatan Peninsula, Belize, Honduras (Los Farallones), nw. Costa Rica, Panama, is. off n. Venezuela and Tobago.

Videos

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Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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