Roseate Tern

Sterna dougallii - Sterne de Dougall

Systematics

Order
:
Charadriiformes
Family
:
Laridés
Genus
:
Sterna
Species
:
dougallii

Descriptor

Montagu, 1813

Biometrics

Size
: 43 cm
Wingspan
: 72 à 80 cm.
Weight
: 90 à 130 g

Longevity

16 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) is a species of bird in the Laridae family.

Subspecific information 5 subspecies

Sterna dougallii dougallii (e North America, West Indies, Azores, Europe, Africa)
Sterna dougallii arideensis (Seychelles to Madagascar and Rodrigues I.)
Sterna dougallii korustes (Sri Lanka, Andaman Is. and Mergui Arch.. sw Myanmar.)
Sterna dougallii bangsi (Ryukyu Is. and e China to New Guinea, ne Australia and islands of the sw Pacific)
Sterna dougallii gracilis (Moluccas, w and n Australia)

Foreign names

Sterne de Dougall,
Charrán rosado,
gaivina-rosada,
Rosenseeschwalbe,
rózsás csér,
Dougalls Stern,
Sterna di Dougall,
rosentärna,
Rosenterne,
rybár štíhlozobý,
rybák rajský,
Rosenterne,
ruusutiira,
Rooiborsseeswael (Sterna dougallii),
xatrac rosat,
Roðaþerna,
rybitwa różowa,
sārtais zīriņš,
rožnata čigra,
Розовая крачка,
Dara-laut jambon,
ベニアジサシ,
粉红燕鸥,
นกนางนวลแกลบสีกุหลาบ,
紅燕鷗〔粉紅燕鷗〕,

Voice song and call

play
pause

Habitat

Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal

Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Coral Reef, Outer Reef Channel, Back Slope, Foreslope (Outer Reef Slope), Lagoon, Inter-Reef Soft Substrate, Inter-Reef Rubble Substrate, Seagrass (Submerged), Estuaries ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m) ; Marine Intertidal : Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands