#forster's tern

[iridescent-wildlife]

Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri). Family Laridae, order Charadriiformes.

Brazoria, Texas, USA. April 2026.

[architectben]

Forster's Tern, Famosa Slough California

[antiqueanimals]

Florida Wildlife; vol. 12, no. 4. September, 1958. Illustration by Wallace Hughes.

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[operating-potato]

I finally got around to sorting my photos from two weeks ago (July 13) so here's a bird dump!

and a bonus sound file :)

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[synthliboramphus-side]

✵ seabird sketch series: day 11/365 ✵ 

Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri)

after looking at many reference photos of Forster’s Terns in the Macaulay Library, i realized that their eyelid is white, forming a little white crescent or circle in the middle of their black eye patch when they’re resting 

[meklarian]

Forster's Tern Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Manatee Deck Titusville, Florida, USA December, 2019

(more terns here)

[spinus-pinus]

Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri

6/29/2023 Orange County, California

[wingedjewels]

Forster's Tern by Lee Greengrass Via Flickr: Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary, Alameda, CA