River Tern Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Sterna aurantia
Family : Laridae
Order : Charadriiformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Indian River Tern
Habitat : Rivers and coast
Description : The River Tern is a long-winged grey waterbird with a large orange-yellow bill, black cap and long forked tail (adult bird length approximately 42 cm, wing 27 cm, bill 4 cm, tarsus 2 cm, tail 20 cm). In the breeding season, it has greyish upperparts, greyish-white underparts and a black crown, forehead. It feeds on fish, crustaceans and aquatic insects. It breeds in April-June.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Gelochelidon nilotica
(Common Gull‑billed Tern) -
Thalasseus sandvicensis
(Sandwich Tern) -
Chlidonias hybrida
(Whiskered Tern) -
Stercorarius pomarinus
(Pomarine Jaeger (Skua)) -
Rissa tridactyla
(Black-legged Kittiwake) -
Chlidonias leucopterus
(White‑winged Tern) -
Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
(Brown‑headed Gull) -
Larus fuscus
(Lesser Black-backed (Heuglin’s) Gull) -
Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
(Pallas’s (Great Black‑headed ) Gull) -
Sternula albifrons
(Little Tern)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Syed Abbas (Birdwing,Bangladesh);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;more information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Syed Abbas (Birdwing,Bangladesh);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;more information, please contact us.