>> GENERAL >>>>>
– medium-sized tern, same size as Sandwich Tern
– Northern American sister species to Sandwich Tern
– regular vagrant to WP
– diurnal migrant, to lesser extent nocturnal
– migrates in small, loose flocks or as family-parties (summer)
>> VISUAL ID >>>>>
Cabot’s Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus ssp., AD, NBREED
BIF2309, 29/01/2018, Montericco, Guatamala, Mathias Putze
Cabot’s Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus ssp., AD, NBREED
BIF2310, 29/01/2018, Montericco, Guatamala, Mathias Putze
Cabot’s Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus ssp., AD, NBREED
BIF2311, 29/01/2018, Montericco, Guatamala, Mathias Putze
Cabot’s Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus ssp., AD, NBREED
BIF2312, 29/01/2018, Montericco, Guatamala, Mathias Putze
Cabot’s Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus ssp., AD, NBREED
BIF2313, 29/01/2018, Montericco, Guatamala, Mathias Putze
>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>
calls in flight not yet sound recorded
>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>
Common Tern (v)
Artic Tern (v)
Sandwich Tern (a) (v)
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