Birds of Guyana


Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii dougallii) Parguera, Lajas, Puerto Rico Image credit: USFWS/Alcides Morales.
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A typical tern with a long tail. Overall very white with roseate color on belly virtually impossible to see, or not present at all.


Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) Delta Dunaja, Vadu, Romania
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Common Tern (Sterna hirundo hirundo) Jones Beach SP, Nassau County, New York, United States
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In breeding plumage looks like a Forster's Tern, with black cap and orange and black bill. Look for black in the wings on the Common Tern, seen on some tips here. The Common Tern has a black bill in non-breeding plumage, and unlike other terns is often far out at sea, and not on the beach.

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