Gulls, Terns, Skimmers

Spectacled Tern

Onychoprion lunatus

The Spectacled Tern (Onychoprion lunatus) is a 120 g ocean-going bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Gulls, Terns, Skimmers

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

120 g

Habitat

Marine

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

17

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