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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Charadriiformes > Family: Sternidae > Genus: Sterna > Species: Sterna dougallii

Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii Montagu, 1813

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
EU Population status	Secure
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 5 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	54 are designated for this species
Natura 2000 species code	A192

Distribution

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Threat and EU population status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

EU population status

The status of the population at the EU level was evaluated at the species level; this was based on the reports delivered by Member States under Article 12 of the Birds Directive (see fact sheet below). The EU status assessment can cover several subspecies/subspecific population units. For more information, please consult the species fact sheet and link below.

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

Sources:

Population status categories for bird species under the Birds Directive

Secure

Near Threatened, declining or depleted

Threatened (i.e. vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered, regionally extinct)

Unknown or not evaluated

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
ES0000024	Spain	Doñana	Map
ES0000104	Spain	Gorreta y Salmor	Map
ES0000318	Spain	Cabo Busto-Luanco	Map
ES6120006	Spain	Marismas del Río Palmones	Map
FR2510059	France	Estuaire de l'Orne	Map
FR3110085	France	Cap Gris-Nez	Map
FR5210090	France	Marais salants de Guérande, traicts du Croisic, dunes de Pen Bron	Map
FR5210103	France	Estuaire de la Loire	Map
FR5310011	France	Cote de Granit Rose-Sept Iles	Map
FR5310052	France	Iles de la Colombiere, de la Nelliere et des Haches	Map
FR5310054	France	Ilôt du Trévors	Map
FR5310056	France	Baie d'Audierne	Map
FR5310057	France	Archipel de Glenan	Map
FR5310072	France	Ouessant-Molène	Map
FR5310073	France	Baie de Morlaix	Map
FR5310086	France	Golfe du Morbihan	Map
FR5310092	France	Rivière de Pénerf	Map
FR5410012	France	Fier d'Ars et fosse de Loix	Map
FR5410028	France	Marais de Brouage-Oléron	Map
FR7210031	France	Courant d'Huchet	Map
FR9310019	France	Camargue	Map
IE0000210	Ireland	South Dublin Bay SAC	Map
IE0000704	Ireland	Lady's Island Lake SAC	Map
IE0004009	Ireland	Lady's Island Lake SPA	Map
IE0004014	Ireland	Rockabill SPA	Map
IE0004024	Ireland	Sandymount Strand/Tolka Estuary SPA	Map
PTFAI0004	Portugal	Caldeira e Capelinhos - Ilha do Faial	Map
PTFLO0003	Portugal	Costa Nordeste - Ilha das Flores	Map
PTGRA0015	Portugal	Ilhéu de Baixo - Restinga Ilha Graciosa	Map
PTGRA0016	Portugal	Ponta Branca - Ilha Graciosa	Map
PTJOR0014	Portugal	Costa NE e Ponta do Topo - Ilha de S. Jorge	Map
PTPIC0010	Portugal	Ponta da Ilha - Ilha do Pico	Map
PTPIC0012	Portugal	Ilhéus da Madalena - Ilha do Pico	Map
PTPOR0001	Portugal	Ilhéus do Porto Santo	Map
PTSEL0001	Portugal	Ilhas Selvagens	Map
PTTER0017	Portugal	Serra Santa Bárbara e Pico Alto - Ilha da Terceira	Map
PTZPE0020	Portugal	Costa e Caldeirão - Ilha do Corvo	Map
PTZPE0021	Portugal	Costa Sul e Sudoeste - Ilha das Flores	Map
PTZPE0022	Portugal	Costa Nordeste - Ilha das Flores	Map
PTZPE0023	Portugal	Caldeira e Capelinhos - Ilha do Faial	Map
PTZPE0025	Portugal	Ponta da Ilha - Ilha do Pico	Map
PTZPE0026	Portugal	Furnas / Sto.António - Ilha do Pico	Map
PTZPE0028	Portugal	Ilhéu do topo e Costa Adjacente - Ilha de S. Jorge	Map
PTZPE0029	Portugal	Ilhéu de Baixo - Ilha Graciosa	Map
PTZPE0030	Portugal	Ilhéu da Praia - Ilha Graciosa	Map
PTZPE0031	Portugal	Ponta das Contendas - Ilha Terceira	Map
PTZPE0032	Portugal	Ilhéu das Cabras - Ilha Terceira	Map
PTZPE0034	Portugal	Ilhéu da Vila e Costa Adjacente - Ilha de Stª. Maria	Map
FR5312002	France	Ilôts Notre-Dame et Chevret	Map
FR5212007	France	Marais du Mès, baie et dunes de Pont-Mahé, étang du Pont de Fer	Map
FR5212009	France	Marais Breton, baie de Bourgneuf, île de Noirmoutier et forêt de Monts	Map
IE0004172	Ireland	Dalkey Islands SPA	Map
ES1200055	Spain	Cabo Busto-Luanco	Map
PTZPE0062	Portugal	Ilhas Selvagens	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2009, on the conservation of wild birds (EU Birds Directive)	Annex I: Species that shall be the subject of special conservation measures concerning their habitat in order to ensure their survival and reproduction in their area of distribution. Member States shall classify territories as special protection areas for the conservation of these species.		http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
	Revised Annex I of Resolution 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention listing the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures (year of revision 2011)		https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention lists the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming for the Emerald network]
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (Bonn Convention)	Annex II: migratory species which have an unfavourable conservation status and which require international agreements for their conservation and management, as well as those which have a conservation status which would significantly benefit from the international co-operation that could be achieved by an international agreement.	Atlantic population	http://www.cms.int/
Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds. Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (AEWA)	Annex II: Waterbird species to which the Agreement applies		http://www.migratoryspecies....ent/about-cms-family http://www.unep-aewa.org/en/legalinstrument/aewa
Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic ("OSPAR Convention") (OSPAR Convention)	Initial OSPAR List of Threatened and/or Declining Species and Habitats (Reference Number: 2003-14) in addition to Annex V		http://www.ospar.org/content...240000_000000_000000

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Andorinha-do-mar-comum	Portuguese	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Andorinha-do-mar-rósea	Portuguese	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Charrán Común	Spanish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Charrán Rosado	Spanish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Dougalisterne	Danish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Dougalls Stern	Dutch	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Fisktärna	Swedish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Kalatiira	Finnish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Küszvágó csér	Hungarian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Roseate Tern	English	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Rosenseeschwalbe	German	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Rosentärna	Swedish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Rózsás csér	Hungarian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Ruusutiira	Finnish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Rybák rajský	Czech	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Rybitwa rzeczna	Polish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Sterna comune	Italian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Sterna del Dougall	Italian	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Sterna di Dougall	Italian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Sterne de Dougall	French	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Visdief	Dutch	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.

No synonyms available.

Other resources

Bird action plan
CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EBCC Atlas of breeding birds	European Bird Census Council's Atlas of Breeding Birds
EURing code:06140	European bird-ringing
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia
WoRMS	World Register of Marine Species

External data

Population distribution from "Birds in Europe" editions 1 and 2

These publications present a thorough and detailed review of the conservation status of European birds. Based on detailed breeding and wintering population data collected in each country, the report provides a review of the population sizes and trends of Species of European Conservation Concern.

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Country	Biogeographic region	Min / Max (Units)	Period	Status	Quality	Source	Published
France		70/91 (pairs)	2000	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
France		81/86 (pairs)	1992	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Ireland		719/719 (pairs)	1999-2002	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Ireland	Atlantic	454/454 (pairs)	1992	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Spain		1/2 (pairs)	-	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Spain	Macaronesian	1/1 (pairs)	1987	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
United Kingdom		56/56 (pairs)	1999-2000	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
United Kingdom	Atlantic	64/64 (pairs)	1992	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01

Source: BirdLife International

Population trends from "Birds in Europe" editions 1 and 2