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Royal Tern Sterna maxima [Boddaert, 1783]
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Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Sternidae
BTO Codes:
QT , ROYTE
EURING No:
6070
Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK:
Unlisted
European:
Not evaluated
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
Subspecies:
maxima recorded in Britain (of 2 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
48 cm
Wingspan:
130 cm
Weight:
M/F: 370 g
Scientific name from:
Old English: stearn =a tern
and L.: maximus =greatest
World Distribution:
BREEDS: coastal North America & e South America, WINTERS: s US to c South America, w Africa
Habitat:
Sandy seacoasts, in winter lagoons, estuaries
Diet:
Mainly fish and crabs, by plunge-diving
Records and Distribution
First Record:
Kent, 1965
(Davenport, M. & Hollyer, J.N. 1968. British Birds 61:559-561)
Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
5
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
Lothian
(1999),
North-east England:
No Records
North-west England:
Cheshire
,
English Midlands:
No Records
Eastern England:
No Records
South-east England:
South-west England:
Cornwall
(1971),
Wales:
Other Names
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
Spanish:
Charrán reale
Swedish:
Kungstärna
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See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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