River Tern

Sterna aurantia

Photographed at: Bhadra, Karnataka on 2026-06-06

Album: River Terns Of Bhadra

Regular features in the water bodies of the Indian subcontinent.

Family: Sternidae

Name in Kannada: ನದಿ ರೀವ

Other Pictures of River Tern

(Adult (in flight))

Among the first arrivals to the Bhadra Reservoir. Soon the islands there will be teeming with terns.

Tern,Among the first arrivals to the Bhadra Reservoir. Soon the islands there will be teeming with terns.

Tern,

Tern,

Tern,

(Fledgling)

Tern,

Tern,

Tern,

(Fledgling)

A river tern fledgling, a week or two old, loudly calling out to its parents on the islands of Bhadra reservoir.

Tern,A river tern fledgling, a week or two old, loudly calling out to its parents on the islands of Bhadra reservoir.

Tern,

Tern,

(In flight)

Tern,

Tern,

Tern,