The black part of its head is the nape.
that bird is called the arctic tern. it is from the family strigidae and is confused with a roseate tern.
A Roseate tern fits that description.
no if they where born brown they stay brown
A tern....
1. The black and white crested grebe. 2. The black and white water tern.
A gull is a black and white sea bird that has four letters in its name. A gull is a large bird with a loud call that lives near the sea.
The tern's cousin
The Maine tern is a type of bird much like the arctic tern!
This is a Tern. Three match your description but since you talk of a black plume, it is the Elegant Tern. Two others are similar- Royal and one other.
There are at least 10 different species of terns [Sternidae family] on Aruba. These species are as follows.One, Bridled Tern [Onychoprion anaethetus].Two, Black Noddy Tern [Anous minutus].Three, Brown Noddy, or Common Noddy, Tern [Anous stolidus].Four, Cayenne Tern [Sterna sandvicensis eurygnatha].Five, Common Tern [Sterna hirundo].Six, Least Tern [Sternula antillarum; formerly Sterna antillarum].Seven, Roseate Tern [Sterna dougallii].Eight, Royal Tern [Thalasseus maximus, synonym: Sterna maxima].Nine, Sandwich Tern [Thalasseus sandvicensis; formerly Sterna sandvicensis].Ten, Sooty Tern [Onychoprion fuscatus; formerly Sterna fuscata].For photos of Cayenne Terns and chicks on Aruba, please visit the link provided below.
The common tern has a blood red bill with a blake tip and the arctic tern has a dark crimson bill.