Black Tern Chlidonias niger [Linnaeus, 1758] |
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Page updated:16-January-2013 |
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family: Sternidae |
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BTO Codes:
BJ, BLATE
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EURING No: 6270 | |
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Number in Britain:
Unavailable
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Former Breeder, Passage Visitor
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Subspecies:
niger, surinamensis (V) recorded in Britain (of 2 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
23 cm
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Wingspan: 66 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 73 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: khelidon=swallow + -ios=like and L.: niger=shining black |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: Europe, n&c Asia, North America, WINTERS: tropical Africa, Central & n South Americas |
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Habitat:
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Marshes, wet grassland, in winter seacoast & estuaries |
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Diet:
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Summer: mostly insects; Winter: mostly surface fish, will pursue insects like Swallow |
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TitBit:
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This delicate marsh tern once nested in in Britain large colonies, the sound of which could be deafening, but these disappeared as wetland areas, particularly the East Anglian Fens, were drained. |
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Population and Distribution |
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British Population Size:
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First Record:
1544
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First Breeding Record:
Cambridgeshire/Norfolk (after extinct 1884) 1966
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Conservation Status:
AMBER
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Species of European Concern,
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Previous Assessments:
2002-2007
GREEN
1996-2001
GREEN
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| Races of Concern: niger AMBER (European Concern) | ||||
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Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
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European Population Size:
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Summer:
33 to 70 thousand pairs
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Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
WCA(I), WBD(I), Bern(III), Bonn(II*), AEWA
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Breeding and Survival |
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Egg Size:
35 x 25 mm
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Egg Weight: 11.4 g (of which 5 % is shell) | ||
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Number of Nest Records:
0
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Clutch Size:
3 eggs
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Incubation:
21- 22 days
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by the: Female (occ. Male) |
Fledging:
19 - 25days
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Semi-precocial, downy
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First Clutches Laid:
Does not breed in Britain, or too few Nest Records
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Number of Broods:
1
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Number Ringed:
Annual Totals
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Adult Survival:
No data
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Juvenile Survival:
No data
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Age at First Breeding:
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Typical Lifespan:
No data
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Maximum Recorded Age:
Too few birds ringed
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Biometrics |
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Ring Size:
B+
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Wing Length
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Adult: | Insufficient Data |
| Juvenile: | 210.8 ± 4.9 Range 204.0 - 220.0 mm, (N = 17) | |
| Male: | Insufficient Data | |
| Female: | Insufficient Data | |
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Weight
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Adult: | Insufficient Data |
| Juvenile: | Insufficient Data | |
| Male: | Insufficient Data | |
| Female: | Insufficient Data | |
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Other Names |
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| Gaelic: Steàrnag-dhubh | Welsh: Corswennol Ddu |
| Danish: Sortterne | Dutch: Zwarte stern |
| Finnish: Mustatiira | French: Guifette noire |
| German: Trauerseeschwalbe | Hungarian: Kormos szerko |
| Icelandic: Kolþerna | Irish: Geabhróg Dhubh |
| Italian: Mignattino | Norwegian: Svartterne |
| Polish: Rybitwa czarna | Portuguese: Gaivina-preta |
| Spanish: Fumarel común | Swedish: Svarttärna |
| Local Names:Carr Swallow, Blue Darr | |
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For More Information... |
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Books and Monographs:
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| See Also: | |
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| Wikipedia entry | |
| BirdLife species page | |
| Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides | |
| All About Birds (from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology) | |
| Details from the Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter | |
| Read State of the Nations Birds by Chris Mead | |
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