Family

Laridae

Habits

Diurnal, Build floating nests. Hunt on the wing, often gathering inloose groups of up to 100 or more.

Habitat

Coastal Wetland Grassland Woodland, Lakes and swamps of inland; surface waters of all Australia.

Breeding

October November December, 2-3; greenish-buff, blotched blackish-brown. Incubation about 20 days mainly by female.

Parks

Kakadu National Park

Diet

Carnivore, Fish and aquatic insects.

Details

Common Name: Whiskered Tern Scientific Name: Chlidonias hybrida
Sub Order: Unavailable Order: Charadriiformes
Class: Aves Category: Native
Status: Least Concern Size: Unavailable

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