#0972 · 🐦 birds

Roseate Tern

🇳🇱 Dougalls Stern ·Sterna dougallii

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Matt Felperin · CC BY 4.0
2. © J Magoo · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © KO Ka Ho · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © cyric · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © cyric · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © stacebird · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Jakarta Bay:© khalebyordan · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 36370 Nigrán, Pontevedra, España:© Carlos · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. United States:© Yianni Laskaris · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. México:© Elvis Jimenez · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The roseate tern ( Sterna dougallii ) is a tern in the family Laridae. The genus name Sterna is derived from Old English "stearn", "tern", and the specific dougallii refers to Scottish physician and collector Dr Peter McDougall (1777–1814). "Roseate" refers to the bird's pink breast in breeding plumage.

base stats

NL sightings 2iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,532iNaturalist observations
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).