Sternidae (Terns, Noddies)
Photos By Steve Nanz
Sternidae
(Terns, Noddies)
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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Sterna antillarum
(Least Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna antillarum
(Least Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna antillarum
(Least Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna antillarum
(Least Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna antillarum
(Least Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna antillarum
(Least Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna antillarum
(Least Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna antillarum
(Least Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna antillarum
(Least Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna antillarum
(Least Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna antillarum
(Least Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna antillarum
(Least Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna antillarum
(Least Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna antillarum
(Least Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna antillarum
(Least Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna antillarum
(Least Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna antillarum
(Least Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna elegans
(Elegant Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna forsteri
(Forster's Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna forsteri
(Forster's Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna forsteri
(Forster's Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna forsteri
(Forster's Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna forsteri
(Forster's Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Sterna paradisaea
(Arctic Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Thalasseus maxima
(Royal Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Thalasseus maxima
(Royal Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Thalasseus maxima
(Royal Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Thalasseus maxima
(Royal Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Thalasseus maxima
(Royal Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Thalasseus maxima
(Royal Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Thalasseus maxima
(Royal Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Thalasseus maxima
(Royal Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Thalasseus maxima
(Royal Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Thalasseus maxima
(Royal Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Thalasseus maxima
(Royal Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Thalasseus maxima
(Royal Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Thalasseus maxima
(Royal Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Thalasseus maxima
(Royal Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Thalasseus maxima
(Royal Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Thalasseus sandvicensis
(Sandwich Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Thalasseus sandvicensis
(Sandwich Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Thalasseus sandvicensis
(Sandwich Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Thalasseus sandvicensis
(Sandwich Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Thalasseus sandvicensis
(Sandwich Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Thalasseus sandvicensis
(Sandwich Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Thalasseus sandvicensis
(Sandwich Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Thalasseus sandvicensis
(Sandwich Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Hydroprogne caspia
(Caspian Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Hydroprogne caspia
(Caspian Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Hydroprogne caspia
(Caspian Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Hydroprogne caspia
(Caspian Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Hydroprogne caspia
(Caspian Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Hydroprogne caspia
(Caspian Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Hydroprogne caspia
(Caspian Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Hydroprogne caspia
(Caspian Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Gelochelidon nilotica
(Gull-billed Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Gelochelidon nilotica
(Gull-billed Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Onychoprion fuscatus
(Sooty Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Onychoprion fuscatus
(Sooty Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Onychoprion fuscatus
(Sooty Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Onychoprion fuscatus
(Sooty Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Onychoprion fuscatus
(Sooty Tern)
Family: Sternidae
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Anous stolidus
(Brown Noddy)
Family: Sternidae
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Anous stolidus
(Brown Noddy)
Family: Sternidae
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Anous stolidus
(Brown Noddy)
Family: Sternidae
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Anous stolidus
(Brown Noddy)
Family: Sternidae
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Anous stolidus
(Brown Noddy)
Family: Sternidae
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Chlidonias niger
(Black Tern)
Family: Sternidae