Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana Raffles, 1822
Laridae — Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
Black-naped Tern, Sterna sumatrana, breeds on islands in the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans, from Seychelles to the Cook Islands, and also occurs away from breeding sites in the Indian Ocean and southern Pacific. It is a seabird of rocky shores and island breeding grounds, and is rarely recorded inland. The black band from the eye area round the back of the neck gives it its name. It was first described by Raffles in 1822.
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae — Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
- Breeding range
- Africa, Oriental Region, Australasia: islands off tropical Indian and Pacific oceans from Seychelles to Cook Is. (e Polynesia)
- Nonbreeding range
- IO, s PO
