Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,237
- Most observed in
- 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The black-naped tern (Sterna sumatrana) is an oceanic tern mostly found in tropical and subtropical areas of the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean. They are rarely found inland. It was described from the islands around Sumatra. It is most closely related to roseate tern S. dougallii and white-fronted tern S. striata.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Black-naped tern”.