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Royal Tern

Thalasseus maximus

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34.6779, -76.9508

Field Notes

Habitat:

beach

Notes:

yellow beak in pic 1 makes me wonder if it could be Cayenne Tern, Sterna (sandvichensis) eurygnatha, but pics probably aren't good enough to really tell

Reference Links:

Royal Tern, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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PublishedApril 21, 2014

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