Black-naped Tern

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

Black-naped Tern

Sterna sumatrana

黑枕燕鸥 (hēi-zhěn yàn-ōu) / 苍燕鸥 (cāng yàn-ōu)

    Malay : Camar Tengkuk Hitam

    Japanese : エリグロアジサシ (eri-guro aji-sashi)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 襟黒鯵刺

    Size : 34–35 cm; 98–100 g

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Sterna sumatrana mathewsi (Stresemann, 1914)
  – Seychelles (Aldabra, Farquhar, Alphonse, Amirante), Chagos Archipelago and Maldive Is, in W Indian Ocean.
• Sterna sumatrana sumatrana (Raffles, 1822)
  – Andaman and Nicobar Is E to S Japan and China, and S through Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia and New Guinea to NE & E Australia and Pacific islands (Micronesia S to New Caledonia and E to Samoa), with breeding also suspected
  (at least formerly) in S Myanmar; birds from Japan and China winter to S.

Sterna sumatrana ssp. sumatrana
Date : 05 May 2018

Location : Off Tanjung Dawai, Daerah Yan, Kedah