River Tern (Adult (in flight))

Sterna aurantia

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

Photographed at: River Tern Lodge, Chickmagaluru, Karnataka on 2015-12-24

Regular features in the water bodies of the Indian subcontinent.

Family: Sternidae

Name in Kannada: ನದಿ ರೀವ

Other Pictures of River Tern

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(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.

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(In flight)

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