Bulgaria
Greece
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
(L 14" WS 27.7-31.5")
Breeds in temperate and subartic
Europe, Asia and No America
Europe, Asia and No America
...winters in the tropics and subtropics.
Sir Peter Harrison, who wrote
Seabirds, is the only person in
history to have seen every
species of oceangoing bird on
the planet.
Seabirds, is the only person in
history to have seen every
species of oceangoing bird on
the planet.
(Thor Hansen)
Burgas coast
Bulgaria
06Sept2009
Lake Kerkini
Greece
18May2015
Juvenile
Greece
Sterna is Old English for tern;
hirundo is Latin for swallow.
hirundo is Latin for swallow.
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