Bridled Tern

Bridled Tern is a medium-sized tern of the tropical oceans, 30 to 32 cm long with a wingspan of 77 to 81 cm, similar in size to the common tern but more heavily built. Notable features include long wings, a deeply forked tail, dark grey upperparts and white underparts, with a white forehead and eyebrows and a striking white collar on the hindneck. It is paler-backed than the similar sooty tern (Wikipedia, general species account). (Wikipedia, general species account).

other races occur around the Arabian Peninsula and in Southeast Asia and Australasia. It nests in a ground scrape or hole and lays one egg. It is migratory and dispersive, and much more marine in habit than most terns. The species name means senseless, referring to its tameness around people (Wikipedia, general species account). The species is a seabird of the family Laridae. It is a bird of the tropical oceans. (Wikipedia, general species account).