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Terns and Gulls
   
   

Fig 1 : Greater Crested Tern
  

Fig 2 : Greater Crested Tern


Fig 3 : Black-naped Tern


Fig 4 : Whiskered Tern
  

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.

Fig 5 : Whiskered Tern
 

©  Charles Currin
  

Fig 6 : Brown-headed Gull
 

©  Charles Currin
 

Fig 7 : Caspian Terns
 

©  Charles Currin
 


Fig 8 : Black-headed Gull - winter plumage