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Black-naped Tern, Sterna sumatrana, นกนางนวลแกลบท้ายทอยดำ

The black-naped tern (Sterna sumatrana) is an oceanic tern mostly found in tropical and subtropical areas of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is rarely found inland.

Habitat
Sea coasts, mudflats and harbours.

Black-naped and Greater Crested Terns resting on a navigation bouy
2 January 2021 - Map Ta Put port entrance, Rayong, Thailand

Waiting for a ship to pass and they take off...
2 January 2021 - Map Ta Put port entrance, Rayong, Thailand

... to chase fish in the wake of the ships
2 January 2021 - Map Ta Put port entrance, Rayong, Thailand

Hunting in the wake of the ship
7 January 2021 - Map Ta Put port entrance, Rayong, Thailand


Range map from www.oiseaux.net

Range map
Range map from www.oiseaux.net - Ornithological Portal Oiseaux.net
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The tern is about 30 cm long with a wing length of 21–23 cm. Their beaks and legs are black, but the tips of their bills are yellow. They have long forked tails. The black-naped tern has a white face and breast with a grayish-white back and wings. The first couple of their primary feathers are gray.

Length: 30 cm
Wingspan: 21 - 23 cm
Weight: 98 - 100 g
Longevity:
Distinctive Feature

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Similar Species

From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.
Female / Male / Juvenile

• Young birds: mottled brown crown, blackish mottling on nape.
• Juvenile: nape and sides of head greyish brown, brownish upperparts with buff and grey scallops, whitish rump, rounded tail, yellow bill and feet.

From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.


Listen to the Black-naped Tern

Remarks from the Recordist

Recorded with my ZOOM H5 Handy Recorder High Pass Filter applied with Audacity. This is my first ever recording with my new ZOOM SSH-6 Shotgun microphone.

I tried to aim at the feeding Terns but there is fans in operation to the right of me. The birds was feeding over the water and it was not so easy to aim


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There are two listed subspecies:

• S. s. mathewsi (Stresemann, 1914) – islands of the western Indian Ocean

• S. s. sumatrana (Raffles, 1822) – islands of the eastern Indian Ocean through to the western Pacific & Australasia

Conservation status
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Sighted: (Date of first photo that I could use) 2 January 2021
Location: Map Ta Put Port Entrance

Black-naped Tern, Sterna sumatrana, นกนางนวลแกลบท้ายทอยดำ
Black-naped Tern / นกนางนวลแกลบท้ายทอยดำ
2 January 2021 - Map Ta Put Port Entrance

Black-naped Tern, Sterna sumatrana, นกนางนวลแกลบท้ายทอยดำ
Black-naped Tern / นกนางนวลแกลบท้ายทอยดำ
7 January 2021 - Map Ta Put Port Entrance

Black-naped Tern, Sterna sumatrana, นกนางนวลแกลบท้ายทอยดำ
Black-naped Tern / นกนางนวลแกลบท้ายทอยดำ
19 January 2021 - SiRacha South Port Entrance

Black-naped Tern, Sterna sumatrana, นกนางนวลแกลบท้ายทอยดำ
Black-naped Tern / นกนางนวลแกลบท้ายทอยดำ
19 January 2021 - SiRacha South Port Entrance

Black-naped Tern, Sterna sumatrana, นกนางนวลแกลบท้ายทอยดำ
Black-naped Tern / นกนางนวลแกลบท้ายทอยดำ
19 January 2021 - SiRacha South Port Entrance

Black-naped Tern, Sterna sumatrana, นกนางนวลแกลบท้ายทอยดำ
Black-naped Tern / นกนางนวลแกลบท้ายทอยดำ
19 January 2021 - SiRacha South Port Entrance

Black-naped Tern, Sterna sumatrana, นกนางนวลแกลบท้ายทอยดำ
Black-naped Tern / นกนางนวลแกลบท้ายทอยดำ
30 January 2021 - Map Ta Put Port Entrance



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