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Gull-billed tern

Gelochelidon nilotica, formerly Sterna nilotica

Photo by The MnMs
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Description:

These terns could be either gull-billed juveniles or sandwich terns because they look alike. I think they may rather be gull-billed because the sandwich terns have a yellow tip in their beak that I don´t see in the individuals in my pictures.

Habitat:

Shoreline close to the islands of Caribbean side of Panama.

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Gull-billed Tern

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