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White Tern (Pacific)
Gygis alba candida/leucopes
ML201398601
eBird checklist S64822013
Report
rating 5
11 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
9 Sep 2013
Pitcairn Islands, Pitcairn Islands
Media notes
An adult bird feeding its chick a little fish on a trunk. Elevation: 6 m. Date a
…
Behaviors
Feeding young; Foraging or eating
White Tern (Pacific)
Gygis alba candida/leucopes
ML201398611
eBird checklist S64822013
Report
rating 5
10 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
9 Sep 2013
Pitcairn Islands, Pitcairn Islands
Media notes
An adult landing close to its chick and feeding it with a little fish. Elevation
…
Behaviors
Feeding young; Foraging or eating
White Tern (Pacific)
Gygis alba candida/leucopes
ML201398591
eBird checklist S64822013
Report
rating 5
9 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
9 Sep 2013
Pitcairn Islands, Pitcairn Islands
Media notes
A chick walking on its nest trunk, with some difficulty. Adults calling can be h
…
Sounds
Call
Behaviors
Vocalizing
Tags
Nest
White Tern (Pacific)
Gygis alba candida/leucopes
ML201398581
eBird checklist S64822013
Report
rating 5
9 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
9 Sep 2013
Pitcairn Islands, Pitcairn Islands
Media notes
An egg in the hole of a trunk used as a nest, and an adult arriving to incubate
…
Tags
Nest
White Tern (Pacific)
Gygis alba candida/leucopes
ML201398621
eBird checklist S64822013
Report
rating 5
9 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
9 Sep 2013
Pitcairn Islands, Pitcairn Islands
Media notes
A chick on a trunk, preening and turning around. Elevation: 7 m. Date added to I
…
White Tern (Pacific)
Gygis alba candida/leucopes
ML201398541
eBird checklist S64822013
Report
rating 5
7 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
9 Sep 2013
Pitcairn Islands, Pitcairn Islands
Media notes
A chick resting on a trunk, waiting for adults. Elevation: 6 m. Date added to IB
…
White Tern (Pacific)
Gygis alba candida/leucopes
ML201398511
eBird checklist S64822013
Report
rating 5
7 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
9 Sep 2013
Pitcairn Islands, Pitcairn Islands
Media notes
A close-up of a chick resting on its nesting trunk. Elevation: 7 m. Date added t
…
Tags
Nest
White Tern (Pacific)
Gygis alba candida/leucopes
ML201956541
eBird checklist S65206752
Report
rating 4
13 ratings
Daniel Jimenez
23 Nov 2016
Ngeremlengui, Palau
Media notes
2 adult bird high in a tree. Elevation: 37 m. Date added to IBC: May 24, 2017.
White Tern (Little)
Gygis alba microrhyncha
ML201458821
eBird checklist S64822391
Report
rating 5
5 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
26 Sep 2013
Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
Media notes
A view of a chik resting on its branch nest. Elevation: 357 m. Date added to IBC
…
Tags
Nest
White Tern (Pacific)
Gygis alba candida/leucopes
ML201446841
eBird checklist S64821858
Report
rating 5
5 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
5 Sep 2013
Pitcairn Islands, Pitcairn Islands
Media notes
A bird perched in a tree, looking around and walking off. Elevation: 108 m. Date
…
White Tern (Little)
Gygis alba microrhyncha
ML201427521
eBird checklist S64822306
Report
rating 5
5 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
25 Sep 2013
Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
Media notes
Frontal view of two birds resting on a branch. Elevation: 0 m. Date added to IBC
…
White Tern (Little)
Gygis alba microrhyncha
ML201427511
eBird checklist S64822290
Report
rating 5
5 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
25 Sep 2013
Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
Media notes
A close-up of a bird perched on a branch, being disturbed twice by other individ
…
White Tern (Pacific)
Gygis alba candida/leucopes
ML201398561
eBird checklist S64822013
Report
rating 5
5 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
9 Sep 2013
Pitcairn Islands, Pitcairn Islands
Media notes
A chick resting on its nest trunk. Elevation: 6 m. Date added to IBC: June 23, 2
…
Tags
Nest
White Tern (Pacific)
Gygis alba candida/leucopes
ML201398551
eBird checklist S64822013
Report
rating 5
5 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
9 Sep 2013
Pitcairn Islands, Pitcairn Islands
Media notes
A view of a chick sitting on a trunk, resting. Elevation: 5 m. Date added to IBC
…
White Tern (Pacific)
Gygis alba candida/leucopes
ML201398531
eBird checklist S64822013
Report
rating 5
5 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
9 Sep 2013
Pitcairn Islands, Pitcairn Islands
Media notes
A chick on a trunk, stretching the wings, preening and yawning, while an adult i
…
Behaviors
Flying
White Tern (Pacific)
Gygis alba candida/leucopes
ML201398501
eBird checklist S64822013
Report
rating 5
5 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
9 Sep 2013
Pitcairn Islands, Pitcairn Islands
Media notes
A view of a chick in its nest trunk, defecating and looking for adults (Murphy's
…
Tags
Nest
White Tern (Pacific)
Gygis alba candida/leucopes
ML201398481
eBird checklist S64822013
Report
rating 5
5 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
9 Sep 2013
Pitcairn Islands, Pitcairn Islands
Media notes
A chick perched in a tree, and an adult close to it. Then the adult flying off a
…
Behaviors
Flying
White Tern (Little)
Gygis alba microrhyncha
ML201639391
eBird checklist S65111787
Report
rating 5
5 ratings
Hervé JACOB
30 Sep 2018
Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
Media notes
A bird on a branch. Elevation: 499 m. Date added to IBC: November 2, 2018.
Age and sex
Unknown age, Unknown sex - 1
White Tern (Pacific)
Gygis alba candida/leucopes
ML201398301
eBird checklist S64822412
Report
rating 5
4 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
3 Oct 2013
Tuamotu-Gambier, French Polynesia
Media notes
Several birds flying and interacting over a breeding colony. Elevation: 0 m. Dat
…
Behaviors
Flying
White Tern (Pacific)
Gygis alba candida/leucopes
ML201398281
eBird checklist S64822412
Report
rating 5
4 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
3 Oct 2013
Tuamotu-Gambier, French Polynesia
Media notes
A close-up of a chick resting on a trunk, looking around. Elevation: 0 m. Date a
…
White Tern (Pacific)
Gygis alba candida/leucopes
ML201398201
eBird checklist S64822412
Report
rating 5
4 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
3 Oct 2013
Tuamotu-Gambier, French Polynesia
Media notes
A young bird (last brown feathers still on the crown), resting and calling to at
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Sounds
Call
Behaviors
Vocalizing
White Tern (Pacific)
Gygis alba candida/leucopes
ML201398191
eBird checklist S64822412
Report
rating 5
4 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
3 Oct 2013
Tuamotu-Gambier, French Polynesia
Media notes
A juvenile resting on a branch, emiting low calls to attract the adults. Elevati
…
Age and sex
Juvenile, Unknown sex - 1
Sounds
Call
Behaviors
Vocalizing
White Tern (Pacific)
Gygis alba candida/leucopes
ML201398181
eBird checklist S64822412
Report
rating 5
4 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
3 Oct 2013
Tuamotu-Gambier, French Polynesia
Media notes
A view of an adult and a juvenile (calling) perched on diferent branches, to com
…
Age and sex
Adult, Unknown sex - 1; Juvenile, Unknown sex - 1
Sounds
Call
Behaviors
Vocalizing
White Tern (Pacific)
Gygis alba candida/leucopes
ML201398571
eBird checklist S64822013
Report
rating 4
5 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
9 Sep 2013
Pitcairn Islands, Pitcairn Islands
Media notes
An adult bird showing the underparts from a tree and flying away. Elevation: 6 m
…
Behaviors
Flying
White Tern (Pacific)
Gygis alba candida/leucopes
ML201398521
eBird checklist S64822013
Report
rating 4
5 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
9 Sep 2013
Pitcairn Islands, Pitcairn Islands
Media notes
An adult bird landing in a tree and looking around. Elevation: 6 m. Date added t
…
White Tern (Pacific)
Gygis alba candida/leucopes
ML201398491
eBird checklist S64822013
Report
rating 4
5 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
9 Sep 2013
Pitcairn Islands, Pitcairn Islands
Media notes
An adult bird calling while hovering, finally landing in a tree. Elevation: 5 m.
…
Sounds
Call
Behaviors
Flying; Vocalizing
White Tern (Pacific)
Gygis alba candida/leucopes
ML201398471
eBird checklist S64822013
Report
rating 4
5 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
9 Sep 2013
Pitcairn Islands, Pitcairn Islands
Media notes
An adult bird soaring, seen from below (calls by several individuals nearby can
…
Sounds
Call
Behaviors
Flying; Vocalizing
White Tern (Pacific)
Gygis alba candida/leucopes
ML201800681
eBird checklist S65139258
Report
rating 4
4 ratings
Greg Baker
5 Apr 2017
Norfolk Island, Norfolk Island
Media notes
Adults in flight offshore. Elevation: 113 m. Date added to IBC: August 15, 2017.
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Behaviors
Flying
White Tern (Pacific)
Gygis alba candida/leucopes
ML201652061
eBird checklist S65098299
Report
rating 4
4 ratings
Martin Kennewell
17 Dec 2015
Airai, Palau
Media notes
flying overhead. Elevation: 75 m. Date added to IBC: September 26, 2016.
Behaviors
Flying
White Tern (Pacific)
Gygis alba candida/leucopes
ML201641461
eBird checklist S65110168
Report
rating 4
4 ratings
Hervé JACOB
23 Oct 2018
Tuamotu-Gambier, French Polynesia
Media notes
A young on a branch. Elevation: 0 m. Date added to IBC: November 5, 2018.
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