Common Tern

Order - Charadriiformes
Family - Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)

Common Tern

Sterna hirundo

普通燕鸥 (pǔtōng yàn-ōu)

    Malay : Camar Siput

    Japanese : アジサシ (aji-sashi)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 鯵刺

    Size : 32–39 cm; 97–146 g (average 120–135 g in breeding season, 

             102 g in winter); Wingspan 72–83 cm

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Sterna hirundo hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)
  – North America (C & E Canada, N & E USA) to N South America, Atlantic islands, Europe, N Africa (Tunisia) and W Africa (Mauritania, Senegal, erratically Nigeria), through Middle East and Black and Caspian Seas to Yenisey Valley; winters S of Tropic of Cancer.
• Sterna hirundo minussensis (Sushkin, 1925)
  – C Asia from upper Yenisey Valley E to Baikal and N Mongolia; winters mainly N Indian Ocean.
• Sterna hirundo tibetana (H. Saunders, 1876)
  – W Mongolia S to Kashmir and SW & SC China (Tibet, Sichuan), at high altitudes; winters mostly E Indian Ocean.
• Sterna hirundo longipennis (Nordmann, 1835)
  – NE Siberia S to NE China (C Heilongjiang to Inner Mongolia and Shanxi); winters E Indian Ocean and SE Asia to Australia and (rarely) New Zealand.

Sterna hirundo ssp. longipennis
Date : 05 May 2018

Location : Off Tanjung Dawai, Daerah Yan, Kedah

Sterna hirundo ssp. longipennis
Date : 05 May 2018

Location : Off Tanjung Dawai, Daerah Yan, Kedah

Sterna hirundo ssp. longipennis
Date : 05 May 2018

Location : Off Tanjung Dawai, Daerah Yan, Kedah