Fig 1 :
Greater Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
Location : Bora Bora, western Pacific Ocean
Habitat : Coral lagoon
Fig 2 :
Greater Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
Location : Changi, Singapore
Habitat : Roosting on near-shore fishing trap
Fig 3 :
Black-naped
Tern
Sterna sumatrana
Location : Changi, Singapore
Habitat : Coastal waters Fig
4 :
Whiskered
Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
Location : Songkhla Lake, southern
Thailand.
Habitat : Coastal embayment
Fig 5 :
Whiskered
Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
Location : Laem Pak Bia,
Phetchaburi Province, Thailand.
Habitat : Coastal wetlands
Note : Photo by Charles Currin,
November 2021.
Fig 6 :
Brown-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
Location : Laem Pak Bia,
Phetchaburi Province, Thailand.
Habitat : Coastal wetlands
Note : Photo by Charles Currin,
April 2021.
Fig 7 :
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Location : Sam Roi Yot, Phetchaburi
Province, Thailand.
Habitat : Tidal mudflats, at high tide
Note : Photo by Charles Currin,
January 2022.
Fig 8 :
Black-headed Gull - winter plumage
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Location : Dorset, England
Habitat : Rocky beach
Notes : This is an uncommon winter visitor to parts of Southeast Asia, including parts of coastal Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and
the Philippines. |