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Large-billed tern
Noisy birds; make sounds variously described as "squee", "gheh-gheh" and "ga-gaa-a". Life History Breed in colonies, sometimes mixed with other tern species, in late July through September (Amazon); December through February (Orinoco and northern South America). Breeds on sand bars in ...
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Caspian Tern - WDNR
Occur during spring and summer along the shoreline of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. Aid to ID: This white gull-sized tern has a black cap, coral-red bill, black legs and feet, and short, slightly forked tail. Is easily distinguished from other tern species by their greater size, thicker bill, and low-pitched, harsh calls. Habitat: Nest on open, unvegetated islands. Food ...
www.dnr.state.wi.us

Tern
Terns are small white seabirds with pointed wings and bills. In the summer, Forster’s Tern is distinguished by its medium-sized, black-tipped, orange bill, a black cap that comes down ... . Yet because they nest with other terns, they have been observed feeding the chicks of different tern species by mistake. Forster’s terns are most vulnerable during nesting, when rats, cats, coyotes, skunks ...
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Guidance Threats of species and biodiversity - Environmental Data Compendium
The important factors in the decline of plant and animal species used to be hunting, poaching, collecting and persecution. For example, at the beginning of the 20th century the sandwich tern almost disappeared from the Netherlands because it was killed for its plumage, which was used in the millinery trade. Today, the loss of ...
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Walton Hall Nature trail bird species list
Summer Coal Tit Rare All year Collared Dove Occasional All year Common Gull Rare Winter Common Tern Occasional Passage Coot Common All year Cormorant Occasional Winter Corn Bunting Rare Winter Dunnock Common All ... All year Yellow Wagtail Occasional Summer Thanks to Jon Daisley for providing the information on bird species and Dave Hollis for providing the bird songs. Contact email M.E.Dodd@open.ac.uk ...
www.open.ac.uk

Endangered Species in the Lake Champlain Basin
VT: Vermont has 29 endangered and 11 threatened species including: > black tern > common tern > pale vetchling > common loon > lake sturgeon Glossary Endangered species: Animals and plants that face extinction throughout all ... and reached a low of 50 pairs in 1988. They were placed on the endangered species list the following year. Owl predation, over-crowding of the nesting islands by Ring-billed ...
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Endangered and Threatened Species of the Colorado Plateau States
T -- Skipper, Pawnee montane (Hesperia leonardus (=pawnee) montana) E -- Sucker, razorback (Xyrauchen texanus) * E -- Tern, least (Sterna antillarum) * T -- Trout, greenback cutthroat (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) clarki stomias) * E -- Wolf, gray (Canis lupus) * Plants--12 species E -- Mancos milk-vetch (Astragalus humillimus) E -- Osterhout milk-vetch (Astragalus osterhoutii) E -- Clay-loving wild- ...
www.cpluhna.nau.edu

New Zealand Species Count
(The number after the name is the year the species count was recorded. The population figures are approximate, unless specified.) Black robin - 2000 = 250-300 ... 2000 = 100 Dotterel - Southern New Zealand (Stewart Island) = 60 Dotterel - Northern New Zealand = 1300 Fairy tern - 2000 = 36 Hamilton's frog - 2000 = 300 Hector's dolphin - 2002 = North Island 100, South ...
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CalEcotox Species Selector
California fish and wildlife. My CA Cal/Ecotox Database Species Selector by Common Name Select common name and click submit button to query for exposure factor and ... Owl Island Night Lizard Killdeer Kit Fox Kit Fox (ssp. nevadensis) Least Bell's Vireo Least Tern Light-footed Clapper Rail Little Pocket Mouse Loggerhead Shrike Long-tailed Weasel Long-toed Salamander ...
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Platte River Endangered Species Partnership(PRESP)
Gavins Point and Fort Randall Dams. Conservation Measures: The interior least tern was federally listed as endangered in 1985, primarily due to the loss of nesting habitat ... Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 6 Listed Species In The Middle Platte Region Nebraska Game and Parks Commission's Description of the Interior Least Tern USGS Description of the Interior Least ...
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