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WetlandPlatform nestMedium · 153 g
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The snowy-crowned tern is 28 to 35 cm (11 to 14 in) long with a wingspan of 76 to 78 cm (30 to 31 in) and weighs 146 to 160 g (5.1 to 5.6 oz). It has a rather blocky head, a thick neck, long wings, and a forked tail. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults in breeding plumage have a white head and neck with a black band through the eye. Their upperparts are pale gray with a whitish rump and uppertail coverts. Their underparts are grayish white. Their upperwing is pale gray with silvery primaries and the underwing is white. Voice: The snowy-crowned tern's call is "a series of rapid notes "je-je-je-je", or a short, grating "jeeer"."
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When to see the Snowy-crowned Tern
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Snowy-crowned Tern
The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Peru.
About the Snowy-crowned Tern
The snowy-crowned tern, also known as Trudeau's tern, is a species of bird in subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, the gulls, terns, and skimmers. It is native to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, and possibly Paraguay, and also vagrant in Peru and the Falkland Islands.
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Easily confused with
Black-naped TernSterna sumatranaThe black-naped tern is named from the black band beginning at the eyes connecting behind the head and descending the back of the neck.
South American TernSterna hirundinaceaWith adult South American terns reaching a length of 40 to 44 centimetres (16 to 17 in), they are larger than either common terns (Sterna hirundo) or Arctic terns (Sterna paradisaea).
White-cheeked TernSterna repressaThe white-cheeked tern is a species of tern in the family Laridae.
Side by side: Snowy-crowned Tern vs White-fronted Tern · Snowy-crowned Tern vs South American Tern · Inca Tern vs Snowy-crowned Tern · Black-naped Tern vs Snowy-crowned Tern
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