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Aleutian Tern

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Terns

Sternidae

Onychoprion

aleuticus

1659

Least concern

32–34cm

Kamchatka Tern

Feeds by dipping to pick from water surface. Underwing white with dark trailing edge to secondaries and dusky outer primaries. White rump and tail, the latter deeply forked.

A soft, wader-like twee-ee-ee

Coastal plains, sandy beaches and marshes on rocky islands.

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Aleutian Tern

21/06/2011 12:00:00

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