Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 32,011
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) is the world's largest species of tern, with a subcosmopolitan but scattered distribution. Despite its extensive range, it is monotypic of its genus, and has no accepted subspecies. The genus name is from Ancient Greek hudro-, "water-", and Latin progne, "swallow". The specific caspia is from Latin and, like the English name, refers to the Caspian Sea.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Caspian tern”.