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'Ogooué Common Tern'

'Ogooué Common Tern' - Adult in breeding plumage

Photographer

» Lionel Sineux

Location

» Ogooué river, not far from Lambarene, Gabon

Country image taken

» Gabon

Date

» June, 2023

Equipment

» Nikon

Bird Species

»Sterna hirundo - Common Tern

Bird Species (French)

»Sterne pierregarin

Bird Family

»Laridae - Gulls, Terns, Skimmers

Bird Group

»Charadriiformes Gull, Skua, Tern, Wader

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» Common Terns are breeding in Gabon, on sand banks of Ogooué river, near Lambaréné. (strangely ?) Over here, all breeding birds have black bills (not red) with small yellow tips, and slightly grey bellies (not really white)

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