Caspian Terns

Two Caspian Terns Hydroprogne caspia in the company of Greater Crested Terns Thalasseus bergii, Common Terns Sterna hirundo and Little Terns Sternula albifrons standing on a sand bar at Laenpak Bia. My most recent sighting of Caspian Tern prior to this was in Canada in The Fall 2016 where a few birds were fishing at Georgian Bay.

Caspian Tern is the world’s largest tern with a length of 48–60 cm (19–24 in), a wingspan of 127–145 cm (50–57 in) and a weight of 530–782 g (18.7–27.6 oz). Adult birds have black legs and a long thick red-orange bill with a small black tip. They have a white head with a black cap and white neck, belly and tail. Their breeding habitat is large lakes and ocean coasts in North America (including the Great Lakes), and locally in Europe (mainly around the Baltic Sea and Black Sea), Asia, Africa, and Australasia (Australia and New Zealand). North American birds migrate to southern coasts, the West Indies and northernmost South America. European and Asian birds spend the non-breeding season in the Old World tropics. African and Australasian birds are resident or disperse over short distances. Source: Wikipedia