white-cheeked tern
sterna repressa latin

White-cheeked Tern.

The White-cheeked Tern (Sterna repressa) is a species of tern in the Sternidae family.

White-cheeked Tern S. repressa (possibly Chlidonias)

The White-cheeked Tern is smaller, has uniform grey upperparts, and in breeding pumage is darker above with whiter cheeks.

Bird life has also been affected, with thousands of white-cheeked terns abandoning their nests in recent months, apparently because of the disappearance of the fish on which they feed.

WHITE-CHEEKED TERN Sterna repressa.

The Black-bellied Tern (Sterna acuticauda) and the White-cheeked Tern (Sterna repressa) might also be placed in Chlidonias.

In the wintering regions, there are also confusion species, including the Antarctic Tern of the southern oceans, the South American Tern, the Australasian White-fronted Tern and the White-cheeked Tern of the Indian Ocean.

The White-cheeked Tern (Sterna repressa) is a species of tern in the Sternidae family.

White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa (possibly Chlidonias)

The Black-bellied Tern (Sterna acuticauda) and the White-cheeked Tern (Sterna repressa) might also be placed in Chlidonias.