A black tern is a small bird, Latin name Childonias niger, of the tern family.
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.