The common tern has a blood red bill with a blake tip and the arctic tern has a dark crimson bill.
The common tern has a blood red bill with a blake tip and the arctic tern has a dark crimson bill.
Tern
Tern. There are many tern species. Roseate, common, sandwich, black, sooty, little, least, Arctic terns.
dove
Immature little blue heron, great egret, snowy egret, cattle egret, common tern, fairy tern.
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.