Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls (Laridae)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
Overview
The black tern (Chlidonias niger) is a small tern generally found in or near inland water that breeds in Europe, Western Asia and North America. In winter the birds migrate to coastal areas of Africa and South America.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Countries
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Cameroon
- Canada
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Estonia
- Finland
- French Guiana
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iran
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Namibia
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Panama
- Peru
- Poland
- Puerto Rico
- Republic of the Congo
- Romania
- Russia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Western Sahara
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Black tern
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
