Royal Tern Sterna maxima [Boddaert, 1783] |
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family: Sternidae |
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BTO Codes:
QT, ROYTE
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EURING No: 6070 | |
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Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
maxima recorded in Britain (of 2 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
48 cm
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Wingspan: 130 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 370 g
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Scientific name from:
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Old English: stearn=a tern and L.: maximus=greatest |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: coastal North America & e South America, WINTERS: s US to c South America, w Africa |
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Habitat:
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Sandy seacoasts, in winter lagoons, estuaries |
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Diet:
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Mainly fish and crabs, by plunge-diving |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Glamorgan, 1979
(Davenport, M. & Hollyer, J.N. 1968. British Birds 61:559-561)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
5
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Lothian
(1999),
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North-east England:
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North-west England:
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English Midlands:
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Eastern England:
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South-east England:
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South-west England:
Cornwall
(1971),
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Wales:
Glamorgan
(1979),
Gower
(1987),
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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Previously Thalasseus maximus
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: Morwennol Fawr |
| Danish: Kongeterne | Dutch: Koningsstern |
| Finnish: Kuningastiira | French: Sterne royale |
| German: Königseeschwalbe | Hungarian: Királycsér |
| Icelandic: Rosaþerna | Irish: Geabhróg Rósach |
| Italian: Sterna reale | Norwegian: Kongeterne |
| Polish: Rybitwa królewska | Portuguese: Garajau-real |
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Spanish:
Charrán reale
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Swedish: Kungstärna |
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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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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