#0672 · 🐦 birds

Black Tern

🇳🇱 Zwarte Stern ·Chlidonias niger

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © David Yeany · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Oscar Thomas · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Ómar Runólfsson · CC BY 4.0
4. © Eduard I. Vatutin · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Steven Mlodinow · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © nancylightfoot · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Zach Baranowski · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. © Rudo Jureček · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
9. © Erick Noe Tapia Banda · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Jerry Oldenettel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The black tern ( Chlidonias niger ) is a small tern generally found in or near inland water in Europe and North America. As its name suggests, it has predominantly dark plumage. e. lake) swallow". The species name is...

base stats

NL sightings 222iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 20,356iNaturalist observations
weight 60 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).