White-cheeked tern

Sterna repressa

The white-cheeked tern is a species of tern in the Laridae family.
It is found around the coasts on the Red Sea, around the Horn of Africa to Kenya, in the Persian Gulf and along the Iranian coast to Pakistan and western India.
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Behavior

Most of this species is migratory, although those in East Africa may remain there all year. It breeds in colonies of 10–200 pairs. These colonies can consist of a mixture of tern species.

Habitat

The species inhabits tropical coasts and inshore waters, foraging mainly within 3 kilometres of land over coral reefs. It's nest is a shallow scrape on rock, sand, gravel or coral islands, bare and exposed sandflats and sparsely vegetated open ground on sand-dunes and above the high-water mark on beaches.

Food

It's diet consists of invertebrates and small fish.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderCharadriiformes
FamilyLaridae
GenusSterna
SpeciesS. repressa
Photographed in
India