Sterna maxima
Thalasseus maximus
Summary 7
The Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus, syn. Sterna maxima, see Bridge et al., 2005) is a seabird in the tern family Sternidae. This bird has two distinctive subspecies, T. m. maximus which lives on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the North and South America. The slightly smaller T. m. albididorsalis lives on the coast of West Africa. The Royal Tern has a red-orange bill and a black cap on the top of its head during the...
Comprehensive description 8
The Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) is a large white tern with an orange-yellow bill and a black crest. It is common along many tropical and subtropical shores of the Americas and West Africa. (Kaufman 1996; AOU 1998)
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- (c) Nicholas Atamas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Royal_Tern.jpg/460px-Royal_Tern.jpg
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