Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Saunders' / Black shafted tern (Sternula saundersi) nest with two eggs, Oman
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Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Saunders' / Black shafted tern (Sternula saundersi) standing over nest with two eggs, Oman
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Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Saunders' / Black shafted tern (Sternula saundersi) standing over nest with two eggs, Oman
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Robin Chittenden / White winged black tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) in flight over sea, Lesvos, Lesbos, Greece, April
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Doug Perrine / Blackfin / Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) cruises the shoreline, hunting for Swift / Crested tern chicks (Sterna bergii) that are washed into the water by the rising tide, Turu Cay, T...
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Doug Perrine / Blackfin / Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) returns to deeper water after beaching itself while hunting for Swift / Crested tern chicks (Sterna bergii) that are washed into the water by...
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Doug Perrine / Blackfin / Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) swallows a Swift / Crested tern chick (Sterna bergii) that has been washed into the water by the rising tide, Turu Cay, Torres Straits, Queen...
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Doug Perrine / Blackfin / Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) cruises the shoreline, hunting a Swift / Crested tern chick (Sterna bergii) that has been washed into the water by the rising tide, Turu Cay,...
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Charlie Summers / Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) landing at nest. Alaska, USA, June.
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Charlie Summers / Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) at nest with eggs, Alaska, USA, June.
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Brent Stephenson / Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana) perched on a stick. Farquhar, Seychelles.
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Brent Stephenson / Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana mathewsi) standing on a rock. Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles.
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Brent Stephenson / Immature Black-fronted Tern (Childonias albostriatus) on a shingle beach. Ngaruroro Estuary, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, July.
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Brent Stephenson / Adult Black-fronted Tern (Childonias albostriatus) in breeding plumage on a shingle beach. Ngaruroro Estuary, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, July.
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Brent Stephenson / Adult Black-fronted Tern (Childonias albostriatus) in breeding plumage on a shingle beach, yawning. Ngaruroro Estuary, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, July.
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Brent Stephenson / Immature Black-fronted Tern (Childonias albostriatus) on a shingle beach. Ngaruroro Estuary, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, July.
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Brent Stephenson / Adult Black-fronted Tern (Childonias albostriatus) in breeding plumage on a shingle beach. Ngaruroro Estuary, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, July.
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Brent Stephenson / Immature Black-fronted Tern (Childonias albostriatus) resting on sand. Manawatu Estuary, Manawatu, New Zealand, March.
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Brent Stephenson / Immature Black-fronted Tern (Childonias albostriatus) with wings raised. Manawatu Estuary, Manawatu, New Zealand, March.
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Brent Stephenson / Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana) perched on raised coral. Fulaga, Southern Lau Group, Fiji, November.
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Florian Möllers / Toni Becker redording Black tern (Chlidonias niger) chicks, Lake Mueggelsee, Berlin, Germany, June
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Florian Möllers / Ringing a Black tern (Chlidonias niger) chick that has hatched from nest on artificial nesting platform, Lake Mueggelsee, Berlin, Germany, June
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Florian Möllers / Black tern (Chlidonias niger) breeding on artificial nesting platform, Lake Mueggelsee, Berlin, Germany, June.
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Florian Möllers / Black tern (Chlidonias niger) breeding on artificial nesting platform, Lake Mueggelsee, Berlin, Germany, June.
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Florian Möllers / Toni Becker releasing Black tern (Chlidonias niger) chicks after ringing, Lake Mueggelsee, Berlin, Germany, June
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Florian Möllers / Toni Becker recording a Black tern (Chlidonias niger) chick, Lake Mueggelsee, Berlin, Germany, June
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Florian Möllers / Toni Becker catching Black tern (Chlidonias niger) chick with a net, Lake Mueggelsee, Berlin, Germany, June
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Florian Möllers / Jyrgen Fiebig ringing a Black tern (Chlidonias niger) chick that has hatched from nest on artificial nesting platform, Lake Mueggelsee, Berlin, Germany, June
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Florian Möllers / Black tern (Chlidonias niger) fledgling attempting to fly from artificial platform in lake, Lake Mueggelsee, Berlin, Germany, July
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Florian Möllers / Black tern (Chlidonias niger) fledglings attempting to fly from artificial platform in lake, Lake Mueggelsee, Berlin, Germany, July
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Gerrit Vyn / A sign along the road alerting motorists to a Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) and Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) nesting colony adjacent to the road. Gulf Islands National Seashore, which was affecte...
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Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Greater black backed gull {Larus marinus}, in flight, being chased by Arctic tern {Sterna paradisaea} Iceland, June
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Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Greater black backed gull {Larus marinus} in flight, being chased by Arctic tern {Sterna paradisaea} Iceland, June
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Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Greater black backed gull {Larus marinus} in flight, being chased by Arctic tern {Sterna paradisaea} Iceland, June
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Aflo / Black naped terns (Sterna sumatrana mathewsi) on rock sticking out of sea, Miyakojima, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
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Andrew Walmsley / Black fronted tern (Childonias albostriatus) Christchurch, New Zealand, May
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Tom Marshall / Black-fronted tern (Childonias albostriatus) on rock, Ashley River Mouth, Christchurch, New Zealand, May, Endangered species
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Tom Marshall / Black fronted tern (Childonias albostriatus) calling, Ashley River Mouth, Christchurch, New Zealand, May, Endangered species
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Máté / White winged black tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) in flight, Prypiat river, Belarus, June 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Máté / White winged black tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) in flight, Prypiat river, Belarus, June 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Máté / White winged black tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) in flight, Prypiat river, Belarus, June 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Máté / White winged black tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) in flight, Prypiat river, Belarus, June 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Máté / White winged black tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) in flight, Prypiat river, Belarus, June 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Máté / White winged black tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) in flight, Prypiat river, Belarus, June 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Hamblin / Black tern (Chlidonias niger) in flight, Lithuania, May 2009
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Jean E. Roche / Flock of Black tern flying low over water at sunset, camargue
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Máté / White winged black tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) in flight, Prypiat river, Belarus, June 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Máté / White winged black tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) in flight, Prypiat river, Belarus, June 2009
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Hanne & Jens Eriksen / White winged black tern {Chlidonias leucoptera} at water, Sohar, Oman, Middle East, April
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Jose B. Ruiz / White winged black tern {Chlidonias leucoptera} landing on post, El Hondo, Alicante, Spain
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Winfried Wisniewski / Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) and Black-headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) at combined rookery, Netherlands
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / White-winged black tern (Chlidonias leucoptera) in flight, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Black tern (Chlidonias niger) in flight, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / White-winged black tern (Chlidonias leucoptera} in flight, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Black tern (Chlidonias niger) in flight, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / White-winged black tern (Chlidonias leucoptera) in flight, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Black tern (Chlidonias niger) in flight, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / White-winged black tern (Chlidonias leucoptera} in flight, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / White-winged tern (Chlidonias niger) in flight, backlit, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Black tern (Chlidonias niger) in flight, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / White-winged black tern (Chlidonias leucoptera) in flight, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Black tern (Chlidonias niger) in flight, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008
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Donald M. Jones / Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) flying, eastern Montana
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Donald M. Jones / Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) on fence post, eastern Montana
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Donald M. Jones / Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) sitting on fence post, eastern Montana
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Tim Fitzharris / Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) parent sitting on nest with chicks, North America
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Hanne & Jens Eriksen / White winged tern {Chlidonias leucoptera} immature with reflection in water, Sohar, Oman
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Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Black shafted / Saunders' tern {Sternula saundersi} adult on ground, Khawr Dirif, Oman
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Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Black shafted / Saunders' tern {Sternula saundersi} on nest, Khawr Dirif, Oman
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Nick Upton / White-winged black tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) in flight, Biebrza marsh, Poland.
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Hanne & Jens Eriksen / White winged tern {Chlidonias leucoptera} / White winged black tern, in flight, with food, Biebrza Marshes, Poland
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Hanne & Jens Eriksen / White winged tern {Chlidonias leucoptera} / White winged black tern, four perched on wire, Sohar, Oman
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Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Black tern {Chlidonias niger} in flight, Denmark
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Hanne & Jens Eriksen / White winged tern {Chlidonias leucoptera} / White winged black tern, in flight, with food, Biebrza Marshes, Poland
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Chris Gomersall / Lesser noddy {Anous teniurostris} pair on nest, Aride Island, Seychelles
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Hanne & Jens Eriksen / White-winged Black Tern {Childonias leucoptera} juvenile on rocks next to water, Al Ansab, Oman.
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Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Saunders' Little / Black shafted Tern {Sternula saundersii} juvenile on shore, Khor Dirif, Oman.
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Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Saunders's / Black shafted tern {Sternula saundersii}incubating egg at nest on ground, Barr Al Hikman, Oman.
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Niall Benvie / Black tern {Chlidonias niger} perched on Reedmace stump, Estonia
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Artur Tabor / Black tern {Chlidonias nigra} with chick on nest, Poland.
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Artur Tabor / Black tern {Chlidonias nigra} on nest, Poland.
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Dave Watts / White capped / Black noddy with chick {Anous minutus} Lady Elliot Is, Queensland, Australia
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Flip de Nooyer / Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) parent feeding young amid lily pads while flying, Europe
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Niall Benvie / Black tern perched on reedmace stump {Chlidonias niger} Estonia
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Flip de Nooyer / Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) chick in nest calling, Europe
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Flip de Nooyer / Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) perched among lilies, Europe
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Barrie Britton / Common noddy pair in coconut tree, Seychelles
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Martin Willis / Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana) calling, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Martin Willis / Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana) landing, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Martin Willis / Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana) juvenile flying, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Mathias Schaef/ BIA / White-winged Black Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) group flying, Lesvos, Greece
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Black tern (Chlidonias niger) in flight, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Black tern (Chlidonias niger) in flight, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008
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Nature Production / Black-naped Tern {Sterna sumatrana} and Roseate tern {Sterna dougallii} flying in mixed flock, Okinawa, Japan, July
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Flip de Nooyer / Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) sitting on water lily root, Europe
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Flip de Nooyer / Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) two chicks at nest, Europe