Sunday 12 May 2019

Bridled Tern

Order - Charadriiformes
Family - Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)
Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
褐翅燕鸥 (hè-chì yàn-ōu) / 白眉燕鸥 (bái-méi yàn-ōu)

    Malay : Camar Batu Biasa
    Japanese : マミジロアジサシ (mami-jiro aji-sashi)
    Kanji 日語漢字 : 眉白鯵刺



    Size : 35–38 cm; 95–150 g (Great Barrier Reef 125–135, average 131); 
             Wingspan 76–81 cm
    
    Subspecies and Distribution
  • Onychoprion anaethetus melanopterus (Swainson, 1837)
    – West Indies, Belize and islands off N Venezuela; W Africa.
  • Onychoprion anaethetus antarcticus (Lesson, 1831)
    – Red Sea, Persian Gulf and S Indian Subcontinent S to Seychelles, Aldabra, Madagascar and Mascarenes, and perhaps Maldives.
  • Onychoprion anaethetus anaethetus (Scopoli, 1786)
    – extreme S Japan (S Ryukyu Is) and Taiwan S through Philippines and Indonesia to New Guinea and Australia, and E through New Caledonia and Fiji to American Samoa.
  • Onychoprion anaethetus nelsoni (Ridgway, 1919)
    – W coast of Mexico and Central America.

Onychoprion anaethetus ssp. anaethetus
Date : 04 May 2019
Location : Off Tanjung Dawai, Daerah Yan, Kedah

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