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| Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia [Pallas, 1770] | |
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family: Sternidae |
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BTO Codes:
CJ, CASTE
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EURING No: 6060 | |
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Number in Britain:
5 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Visitor
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
50 cm
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Wingspan: 138 cm |
Weight:
M: 680 g F: 570 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: hudro=water + genus Progne of swallows and after the Caspian Sea |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: Locally in e Europe, Asia, North America & Australia, WINTERS: south to S Africa, s Asia & Caribbean |
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Habitat:
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Sandy seacoasts, in winter marshes, estuaries |
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Diet:
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Mainly fish, occasionally invertebrates, by plunge-diving |
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| Records and Distribution | |
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First Record:
Norfolk, 1825
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
251
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
May to September
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Argyll
(1981),
Ayrshire
(1990),
Clyde
(1976),
Dumfries & Galloway
(1982),
Fife
(1985),
Upper Forth
(2002),
Highland
(1999),
Lothian
(1981),
Northeast
(1976),
Outer Hebrides
(1982),
Orkney
(1998),
Shetland
(1987),
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North-east England:
Cleveland
(2006),
Durham
(2006),
Northumberland
(2007),
East Yorkshire
(2005),
North Yorkshire
(1992),
South Yorkshire
(1998),
West Yorkshire
(1992),
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North-west England:
Cheshire
(1994),
Cumbria
(1999),
Lancashire
(2007),
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English Midlands:
Derbyshire
(2007),
Leicestershire
(1998),
Northamptonshire
(2003),
Nottinghamshire
(1999),
Staffordshire
(1999),
Warwickshire
(1993),
West Midlands
(1979),
Worcestershire
(1971),
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Eastern England:
Bedfordshire
(2007),
Cambridgeshire
(1991),
Essex
(1981),
Hertfordshire
(1998),
Lincolnshire
(2002),
Norfolk
(2006),
Suffolk
(2002),
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South-east England:
Berkshire
(1979),
Buckinghamshire
(2001),
Hampshire
(1995),
Isle of Wight
(1995),
Kent
(1999),
Greater London
(1961),
Surrey
(1984),
East Sussex
(2005),
West Sussex
(2001),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
(1997),
Devon
(2004),
Dorset
(2001),
Gloucestershire
(1991),
Somerset
(1995),
Wiltshire
(1996),
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Wales:
Anglesey
(1988),
Breconshire
(1962),
Ceredigion
(1974),
Caernarfonshire
(2005),
Glamorgan
(1997),
Gower
(1997),
Pembrokeshire
(1994),
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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| Other Names | |
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Previously Sterna caspia
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: Morwennol Fwyaf |
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Danish:
Rovterne
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Dutch: Reuzenstern |
| Finnish: Räyska | French: Sterne caspienne |
| German: Raubseeschwalbe | Hungarian: Lócsér |
| Icelandic: Ránþerna | Irish: Geabhróg Chaispeach |
| Italian: Sterna maggiore | Norwegian: Rovterne |
| Polish: Rybitwa wielkodzioba | Portuguese: Gaivina-de-bico-vermelho |
| Spanish: Pagaza piquirroja | Swedish: Skräntärna |
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| For More Information... |
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Books and Monographs:
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| See Also: |
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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Wikipedia entry
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides.com
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