#0731 · 🐦 birds

Caspian Tern

🇳🇱 Reuzenstern ·Hydroprogne caspia

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The Caspian tern ( Hydroprogne caspia ) is a species of tern, with a subcosmopolitan but scattered distribution. Despite its extensive range, it is monotypic of its genus, and has no accepted subspecies. The genus name is from Ancient Greek hudros , "water", and Latin progne , "swallow". The specific caspia is from Latin and, like the English name, refers to the Caspian Sea.

base stats

NL sightings 88iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 48,391iNaturalist observations
weight 680 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).