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Common Tern (longipennis)
Sterna hirundo longipennis
ML201576741
eBird checklist S64823276
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rating 4
12 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
4 Jul 2019
Sakha, Russia
Media notes
Slow motion view of a bird flying. Ssp longipennis. Elevation: 169 m. Date added
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Behaviors
Flying
Common Tern (longipennis)
Sterna hirundo longipennis
ML201576731
eBird checklist S64823278
Report
rating 4
6 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
4 Jul 2019
Sakha, Russia
Media notes
A bird flying over a lake. Ssp longipennis. Elevation: 169 m. Date added to IBC:
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Behaviors
Flying
Common Tern (longipennis)
Sterna hirundo longipennis
ML201576721
eBird checklist S64823224
Report
rating 4
5 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
20 Jun 2019
Sakha, Russia
Media notes
A breeding plumaged bird on a floating piece of wood, looking around and shaking
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Common Tern (longipennis)
Sterna hirundo longipennis
ML201576771
eBird checklist S64823282
Report
rating 4
5 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
4 Jul 2019
Sakha, Russia
Media notes
A bird on a wire near an urban lake, calling and flying away. Ssp longipennis. E
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Sounds
Call
Behaviors
Flying; Vocalizing
Common Tern (longipennis)
Sterna hirundo longipennis
ML201576761
eBird checklist S64823282
Report
rating 4
5 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
4 Jul 2019
Sakha, Russia
Media notes
A bird on a wire near an urban lake, and flying away. Ssp longipennis. Elevation
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Age and sex
Adult, Unknown sex - 1
Behaviors
Flying
Common Tern (longipennis)
Sterna hirundo longipennis
ML201576751
eBird checklist S64823277
Report
rating 4
5 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
4 Jul 2019
Sakha, Russia
Media notes
A bird showing the usual feeding technique of this species (slow motion). Ssp lo
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Behaviors
Foraging or eating
Common Tern (longipennis)
Sterna hirundo longipennis
ML201576711
eBird checklist S64823224
Report
rating 4
5 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
20 Jun 2019
Sakha, Russia
Media notes
A bird on a floating piece of wood, shaking the plumage and preening. Note the b
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Common Tern (longipennis)
Sterna hirundo longipennis
ML201801461
eBird checklist S65137626
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rating 4
4 ratings
Greg Baker
14 Apr 2017
Isabel, Solomon Islands
Media notes
An adult Eastern Common Tern in non-breeding plumage. Elevation: 16 m. Date adde
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Common Tern (longipennis)
Sterna hirundo longipennis
ML201444181
eBird checklist S64822810
Report
rating 4
4 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
9 Feb 2013
Horowhenua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
Media notes
A bird moving on a beach among several Variable Oystercatchers and Caspian Terns
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Common Tern (longipennis)
Sterna hirundo longipennis
ML201735721
eBird checklist S65080632
Report
rating 4
5 ratings
Nicholas Talbot
18 Feb 2013
Wyndham, Victoria, Australia
Media notes
A bird in non-breeding plumage standing on a rock. Another bird is preening on a
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Common Tern (longipennis)
Sterna hirundo longipennis
ML201718121
eBird checklist S65118602
Report
rating 3
4 ratings
Nicholas Talbot
25 Jan 2010
Wyndham, Victoria, Australia
Media notes
A bird in non-breeding plumage, preening on a rock in the sea. Elevation: 4 m. D
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Common Tern (longipennis)
Sterna hirundo longipennis
ML201677591
eBird checklist S65099823
Report
rating 3
4 ratings
Martin Kennewell
5 Oct 2015
Phetchaburi, Thailand
Media notes
resting on salt pans, then fly. Elevation: 2 m. Date added to IBC: June 23, 2016
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Common Tern (longipennis)
Sterna hirundo longipennis
ML201531391
eBird checklist S64821947
Report
rating 3
4 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
12 Mar 2017
Papua Barat, Papua, Indonesia
Media notes
Three birds on a floating log, together with singles of Black-naped and Greater
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Behaviors
Flying
Common Tern (longipennis)
Sterna hirundo longipennis
ML201528441
eBird checklist S64822249
Report
rating 3
4 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
17 Jul 2015
Saku, Nagano, Japan
Media notes
A bird resting on a buoy, preening and looking around. Elevation: 654 m. Date ad
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Common Tern (longipennis)
Sterna hirundo longipennis
ML201389101
eBird checklist S64820646
Report
rating 3
4 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
15 Jun 2009
Primorsky Krai, Russia
Media notes
Adults attacking a Common Black-headed Gull hidden among vegetation, which previ
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Common Tern (longipennis)
Sterna hirundo longipennis
ML201389091
eBird checklist S64820646
Report
rating 3
4 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
15 Jun 2009
Primorsky Krai, Russia
Media notes
An adult attacking a Common Black-headed Gull which is killing a chick. Elevatio
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Common Tern (longipennis)
Sterna hirundo longipennis
ML201370471
eBird checklist S64820640
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rating 3
4 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
8 Jun 2009
Primorsky Krai, Russia
Media notes
A bird flying and then landing probably on the nest. Elevation: 72 m. Date added
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Behaviors
Flying
Tags
Nest
Common Tern (longipennis)
Sterna hirundo longipennis
ML201288831
eBird checklist S65089993
Report
rating 3
6 ratings
Tom Tarrant
29 Feb 1996
Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Media notes
Three adults in winter plumage preening on a rock. Elevation: 3 m. Date added to
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Common Tern (longipennis)
Sterna hirundo longipennis
ML201582921
eBird checklist S65097403
Report
rating 3
5 ratings
Martin Kennewell
7 Feb 2011
Stirling, Western Australia, Australia
Media notes
winter plumaged bird, perched preening. Elevation: 7 m. Date added to IBC: June
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Common Tern (longipennis)
Sterna hirundo longipennis
ML624242632
eBird checklist S195034283
Report
rating 3
1 rating
Leslie Hurteau
14 Sep 2024
Jeonranamdo, South Korea
Common Tern (longipennis)
Sterna hirundo longipennis
ML201288841
eBird checklist S65089993
Report
rating 2
5 ratings
Tom Tarrant
29 Feb 1996
Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Media notes
Three adults in winter plumage showing comfort behaviour. Elevation: 3 m. Date a
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Common Tern (longipennis)
Sterna hirundo longipennis
ML636868235
eBird checklist S232784307
Report
Feather V
4 May 2025
Shanghai, China
Common Tern (longipennis)
Sterna hirundo longipennis
ML506238701
eBird checklist S122662196
Report
Keith Blomerley
10 Sep 2022
Jakarta Raya, Jawa, Indonesia