Sunday, 29 April 2018

Tern - Whiskered Tern (Lifer 495)


 The Whiskered Tern is a few inches bigger than the Little Tern  as you can see from the picture. It beak is somewhat broader and tapering wherelse the Little and White-winged which have a rather narrow pointed beak. Majority of the Terns in Malim Nawar are the Little .

The breeding adult Whiskered will see its beak turning  reddish black with a dark cap






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