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  • Common Tern, 1 of 6
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    (c) Kentish Plumber, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

  • Common Tern, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Dimitris Salas, all rights reserved

  • Common Tern, 3 of 6
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    (c) Bill Keim, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) matthew_wills, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Mark Kilner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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    (c) Alan Bell, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Common Tern

Sterna hirundo

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The common tern (Sterna hirundo) is a seabird in the family Laridae. This bird has a circumpolar distribution, its four subspecies breeding in temperate and subarctic regions of Europe, Asia and North America. It is strongly migratory, wintering in coastal tropical and subtropical regions. Breeding adults have light grey upperparts, white to very light grey underparts, a black cap, orange-red legs, and a narrow pointed bill. Depending on the subspecies, the bill may be mostly red...

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