Little tern
Sternula albifrons
Terns
(Sternidae)
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A small and elegant tern with grey wings and a black cap, white forehead and yellow legs. The beak is yellow in summer and black in winter. In winter the cap is smaller. Catches fish with a swift dive in the water both coastal and inland in summer. ⇔ l. 22-24 cm A migratory bird not wintering inland. LA: Like all STERNIDAE (Terns) but is the smallest one and has a white forehead even in summer.
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3 LookAlikes (LA):
Sandwich tern
Tern
Arctic tern
Little tern
Dwergstern
Zwergseeschwalbe
Sterne naine
Fraticello
Charrancito común
Andorinha-do-mar-anã
Малая крачка
白额燕鸥
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