Forster's Tern

分类位置

同属物种

Antarctic Tern

Antarctic Tern

北极燕鸥

Arctic Tern

黑腹燕鸥

Black-bellied Tern

黑枕燕鸥

Black-naped Tern

普通燕鸥

Common Tern

Kerguelen Tern

Kerguelen Tern

形态与习性

Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri) is a tern in the family Laridae. The genus name Sterna is derived from Old English "stearn", "tern", and forsteri commemorates the naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster. It breeds inland in North America in the northern United States and southern Canada, and migrates south to winter in the southern United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, and northern Central America. It is also a rare but annual vagrant in western Europe, and has wintered in Ireland and Great Britain