Roseate Tern

Sterna Dougallii

Order

CHARADRIIFORMES

Family

Gulls, Terns, Skimmers (Laridae)

Code 4

ROST

Code 6

STEDOU

ITIS

Roseate Tern Juvenile - The juvenile Roseate Tern has a streaked brown cap that extends over the forehead, the mantle is heavily scaled, and the bill, legs, and feet are black.

Roseate Tern 1st Summer - The first summer Roseate Tern has a white forehead and lacks the red at the base of the bill.

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Bird Call Credits: The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Martyn Stewart, http://www.naturesound.org, Redmond, Washington USA. The reuse or copying of bird calls in this database is strictly forbidden2.