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Little Tern; Charrancito

Sterna albifrons

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Field Notes

Description:

Several Common and Little Terns share this "breeding" island with Avocets, Common Pratincoles, Black-winged Stilts, Redshanks and numerous small plovers. The two young waders are Black-winged Stilts.

Habitat:

Coastal marshland

Notes:

Common Tern (Charrán Común) = Sterna hirundo
Little Tern (Charrancito) = Sterna albifrons
Black-winged Stilt (Cigüeñuela) = Himantopus himantopus

Species ID Suggestions

Little tern

Sterna albifrons
Márton Szabolcs
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Comments (2)
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
Thanks for your inputs MártonSzabolcs, the Scientific names have been left blank due to the inability of the current program to handle multiple species satisfactorily. Hopefully this issue will be resolved in the new program which is scheduled for release shortly.
Márton Szabolcs
Little tern in the front, common tern and black-winged stilt in the back

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PublishedJune 4, 2011

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