Black-naped tern – Sterna sumatrana – is a mid-sized migratory Oceanic tern of Type – seabird, Family Laridae and Order Charadriiformes. It has two populations, Indian Ocean and SE Asia, in the Indian Ocean it breeds on islands W and SW of the Indian sub-continent, and outside of the breeding season, it is pelagic to offshore of E coast of Africa. In the AWB Region it is found offshore of the Comoros islands.
Type - seabird - nests on Tropical islands W and SW of India, Typical Habitat - pelagic to shores of E Africa outside of breeding season, Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae Genus: Sterna Species - Sterna sumatrana Black-naped tern - Species - ebird.org Black-naped tern - Species sheet - wikipedia.org Black-naped tern - Birds - singaporebirds.com Black-naped tern - Card - oiseaux-birds.com Black-naped tern - Sounds & Maps - xeno-canto.org Additional Material... Black-naped tern - Images - google.com Black-naped tern - Video - youtube.com Black-naped tern - Database - avibase