Black-naped Tern

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Green Island, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_3699 20191221

Notes: Small, elegant grey/white tropical tern. Black bill. Black band from nape through eyes
to sharp point in lores. Black outer edge to outermost upper primaries. Juvenile heavily scalloped
upperparts. Larger & paler than Little Tern. Mainly near islands, infrequent on mainland coasts.
Forages inshore near reefs.

Range from Pizzey & Knight^©

Michaelmas Cay, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_3432 20190824 - CLICK for another pic.

Michaelmas Cay, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_2177 20210515 - Crested Tern behind

Green Island, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_8229 20220210

Green Island, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_3414 20191221. CLICK for pic on 20231109.

Green Island, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_3615 20231111. CLICK for 20191221

Green Island, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_3592 20231111. Chick and adult. CLICK for another pic on n20231109.

Green Island, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_4712 20210516

Green Island, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_1606 20231109