Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 22,743
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Forster's tern is a tern in the family Laridae. The genus name Sterna is derived from Old English "stearn", "tern", and forsteri commemorates the naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Forster's tern”.