The roseate tern (Sterna dougallii) is a species of tern in the family Laridae. The genus name Sterna is derived from Old English "stearn", "tern", and...
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non-breeding season. The common tern's closest relatives appear to be the Antarctic tern, followed by the Eurasian Arctic and roseate terns. Genetic evidence suggests...
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Interbreeding between tern species is rare, and involves closely related species when it occurs. Hybrids recorded include common tern with roseate, Sandwich with...
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Sumatra. It is most closely related to roseate tern S. dougallii and white-fronted tern S. striata. The Black-naped tern is named from the black band beginning...
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back and wings, like juvenile roseate terns but with less black on the crown. The lesser crested tern and elegant tern differ in having all-orange bills;...
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Arctic tern is similar to the common and roseate terns, its colouring, profile, and call are slightly different. Compared to the common tern, it has...
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cockatoo Roseate frog Roseate skimmer Roseate spoonbill Roseate tern This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Roseate. If an internal...
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Roseate Tern (12 March 1986 – 2007) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. In her first seven races she failed to win but was placed in several...
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closely related to roseate tern (Sterna dougallii) and black-naped tern (Sterna sumatrana), and slightly less closely related to common tern (Sterna hirundo)...
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flight. This may take the form of almost hovering (as used by kestrels, terns and nightjars) or in soaring and gliding flight, particularly the dynamic...
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common eider, Sandwich terns and various gulls. It used to be a nesting site for the very rare roseate tern, but the roseate terns have now moved elsewhere...
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razorbills. Non-specific eagles and puffins are also mentioned. The roseate tern is considered an endangered species in the area and is protected by the...
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Oaks (3) 1985 Oh So Sharp Triptych Dubian 1988 Diminuendo Sudden Love Animatrice 1989 Snow Bride Aliysa Roseate Tern...
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gull – 1,088 pairs* Sandwich tern – 336 pairs Roseate tern – last bred 2015 (1 pair) Common tern – 51 pairs Arctic tern – 882 pairs Guillemot – 59,168...
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National Wildlife Refuge and has the fifth-largest colony of nesting roseate terns in the northeastern United States. Much of the island's land mass has...
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was a Scottish physician and naturalist who was the discoverer of the roseate tern (Sterna dougalli). McDougall was the third child of Alexander McDougall...
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Recordings label. The liner notes include credits for photos of a roseate tern and sooty tern, while the bird on the front cover most closely resembles a black-billed...
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Arctic tern, numbers of which are nationally important; the roseate tern breeds occasionally in very small numbers. In 2018 two roseate tern chicks fledged...
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Rose-ringed parakeet Rose-throated becard Rose-throated tanager Roseate spoonbill Roseate tern Ross's goose Ross's gull Ross's turaco Rossel cicadabird Rosy...
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Great Gull Island (section Terns)
Common and Roseate terns. Gull Island is a major stopover for birds following the Atlantic Flyway and was the home of large colonies of nesting terns up until...
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European robin, peregrine falcon, common house martin, Eurasian curlew, roseate tern, barn owl, common swift, Bohemian waxwing, Eurasian blackcap, northern...
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species—including raptors, gulls, terns, coots, and some ducks and shorebirds—do so opportunistically. Among opportunists such as the roseate tern, parent birds involved...
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Sandwich terns and, more importantly, to 150 breeding pairs of the rare roseate tern; this is the second largest colony in Europe. At the north end of the...
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eggs of the endangered roseate tern. Measures are being introduced to reduce common starling populations by culling before the terns return to their breeding...
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diverse ecology, including threatened and endangered species such as the roseate tern (Sterna dougallii). The ecology of the salt marsh is based in and supported...
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summer Lady's Island Lake is an important breeding site for terns, especially the roseate tern. Three-quarters of the world population of pale bellied brent...
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Gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon nilotica Black tern, Chlidonias niger White-winged tern, Chlidonias leucopterus (V) Common tern, Sterna hirundo Roseate tern, Sterna...
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Black tern, Chlidonias niger White-winged tern, Chlidonias leucopterus (P) Roseate tern, Sterna dougallii (P) Common tern, Sterna hirundo Arctic tern, Sterna...
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Whiskered tern, Chlidonias hybrida (R) Roseate tern, Sterna dougallii Common tern, Sterna hirundo Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea (R) Arctic tern, Sterna...
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Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Piping plover (Charadrius melodus) Roseate tern (Sterna dougallii dougallii) Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis)...
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