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Caspian Tern

Sterna caspia ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES FAMILY: LARIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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As large as a big gull, the Caspian Tern is the largest tern in the world. Its large coral red bill makes it one of the most easily identified terns throughout its worldwide range.

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    Recorded by Arthur A. Allen, Peter Paul Kellogg
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Call a raspy "kowk." Juvenile begging call a high pitched whistling; heard frequently during migration and in winter.

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