#sterninae

[best-bird-tournament]

Subfamily Sterninae terns

Which is the best bird?

Sooty tern

Least tern

Large-billed tern

Caspian tern

Inca tern

Gull-billed tern

White-winged tern

Sandwich tern

Royal tern

Arctic tern

Voting ended onOct 3, 2025

[saritawolf]

Royal Terns (nonbreeding plumage) (Thalasseus maximus) - (c) SaritaWolf - please do not repost

[podartists]

Raubseeschwalbe, Hydroprogne caspia | Die Vögel (1913) | Alfred Edmund Brehm (1829-1884) | Biodiversity Heritage Library

[animalids]

California least tern (Sternula antillarum browni)

Photo by Marlin Harms

[matthew-hunt]

Forster's Tern Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine)

[saritawolf]

Inca Tern (Larosterna inca) - (c) SaritaWolf - please do not repost

[saritawolf]

Royal Terns (nonbreeding plumage) (Thalasseus maximus) - (c) SaritaWolf - please do not repost

[saritawolf]

Forster's Tern (nonbreeding plumage) (Sterna forsteri) - (c) SaritaWolf - please do not repost