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A photo of a Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)
Bridled Tern

Bridled Tern

Onychoprion anaethetus

The bridled tern (Onychoprion anaethetus) is a seabird of the family Laridae. It is a bird of the tropical oceans. This is a medium-sized tern, at 30–32 cm in length and with a 77–81 cm wingspan similar to the common tern in size, but more heavily built. The wings and deeply forked tail are long, and it has dark grey upperparts and white underparts. The forehead and eyebrows are white, as is a striking collar on the hindneck. It has black legs and bill. Juvenile bridled terns are scaly grey above and pale below. This species is unlikely to be confused with any tern apart from the similarly dark-backed sooty tern and the spectacled tern from the Tropical Pacific. It is paler-backed than that sooty, (but not as pale as the grey-backed) and has a narrower white forehead and a pale neck collar.
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Bill Artigliere
Tuesday 25 Apr 2023 - 12:53pm
Seychelles
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Marc and Virginia Maltby
Saturday 04 Feb 2023 - 2:49pm
United States
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Michael Jenkins
Thursday 19 Jan 2023 - 8:20pm
Mexico
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Eloise C
Monday 02 Jan 2023 - 3:04am
Australia
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