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Gull-billet Tern

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The Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica is a worldwide species. The latin name is from ancient Greek gelao = to laugh, and khelidon = swallow. The nilotica part is…

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Roseate Tern

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The Roseate Tern is not often seen away from its breeding sites, most of which are on small islands off-limits to visitors. In the Azores,…

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Common Tern

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Common terns have long tails which have earned them the nickname ‘sea-swallow’. That is, their Latin species name hirundo means swallow and refers to the tern’s superficial…

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Leach’s Storm Petrel

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Leach’s Storm Petrel are named after the British zoologist William Alford Leach. The scientific name Oceanodroma is from ancient greek okeanos «  ocean », and dromos…

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Bulwer’s Petrel

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Bulwer’s Petrels are one of the birds for which there is no clear sexual dimorphism. This bird is named, in english, after the Scottish naturalist…

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