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  • Caspian Tern, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Jef-B, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Caspian Tern, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Mason Maron, all rights reserved

  • Caspian Tern, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Juan Bou Riquer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) Juan Bou Riquer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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    (c) Leonardo Guzmán, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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    (c) Jürgen Voigt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Caspian Tern

Hydroprogne caspia

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About

The Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) is a species of tern, with a subcosmopolitan but scattered distribution. Despite its extensive range, it is monotypic of its genus, and has no accepted subspecies. The genus name is from Ancient Greek hudros, "water", and Latin progne, "swallow". The specific caspia is from Latin and, like the English name, refers to the Caspian Sea.

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