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Species
Sterna dougallii Montagu, 1813
SUMMARY
Very pale typical tern with very long tail streamers. Males and females are similar in appearance; during the breeding season they have a black forehead, crown and napeand pale plumage with a rosy tinge to the breast,which gives the species its common name The grey tail is deeply forked with white long outer feathers called 'streamers' (In winter the forehead becomes white. A particularly vocal species on the breeding grounds, Changes in bill colour chages geographicly. Calls of the roseate tern include a 'chew-ik' and a 'kraak' when alarmed.