- English Common Name
- Roseate Tern
- Scientific name
- Sterna dougallii
- Taxonomy
- Order: Charadriiformes, Family: Laridae
- Size
- About 33 cm
- Species Distribution
- Western Pacific and Indian Oceans, subtropical to tropical areas in Atlantic
- Okinawa Red List of Threatened Species: Vulnerable
- Japan Red List of Threatened Species: Vulnerable
- This species of Tern has a black head with pale-gray colored back. It lays eggs after building own nest on cays (coral reefs that became lands), enclosed bays, and small islands and cays in estuaries.
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- Updated November 2017
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