Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls
Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls (Laridae)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
Overview
The bridled tern (Onychoprion anaethetus) is a seabird of the family Laridae. It is a bird of the tropical oceans. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. The genus comes from onux meaning "claw" or "nail", and prion, meaning "saw".
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Countries
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Barbados
- Belize
- Brunei
- Cambodia
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Fiji
- Germany
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- Norfolk Island
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Lucia
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tuvalu
- United Arab Emirates
- United States
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Bridled 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.
