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English Name: Caspian Tern
Scientific Name: Sterna caspia
Family: Laridae (Gulls & Terns)
Age: Adult
Plumage: Breeding
Behaviour: In flight, carrying food (fish)
Location: Cheetham Saltworks, Adelaide
State / Province: South Australia
Country: Australia
Continent: Australasia
Date: November 2006
Species Status: LEAST CONCERN
Taxonomic Notes: BirdLife is aware that phylogenetic analyses have been published which have proposed generic rearrangements which may affect this species, but prefers to wait until work by other taxonomists reveals how these changes affect the entire groups involved.
Alternative Scientific Name: Hydroprogne caspia