Caspian Tern: Ventral

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)

Order:

Coastal Birds (Charadriiformes)

Family:

Gull (Laridae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

This Photo:

Ventral

Thank you Geoffrey Cox for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Coastal Areas and possibly elsewhere
We originally thought this was a Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) but Geoffrey indicated they have a much smaller beak and that this species had a matching sized beak, as well as other diagnostics.

This species is classed as

RA (Rare)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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