Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls
Roseate Tern
Sterna dougallii
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls (Laridae)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
Overview
The roseate tern (Sterna dougallii) is a species of tern in the family Laridae. The genus name Sterna is derived from Old English "stearn", "tern", and the specific dougallii refers to Scottish physician and collector Dr Peter McDougall (1777–1814). "Roseate" refers to the bird's pink breast in breeding plumage.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Countries
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Bahamas
- Belize
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Canada
- China
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- French Guiana
- French Polynesia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mexico
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- New Caledonia
- Nigeria
- Norfolk Island
- Oman
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Poland
- Puerto Rico
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Western Sahara
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Roseate 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.
