About Caspian Terns
This group is about sharing pictures of Caspian Terns anywhere and everywhere in the world. This is the world's largest tern and it has colonies more widely spread around the globe than almost any other seabird.
Current research on the species if focused on their movement patterns and diet, so photos of terns with anything in their bill or with anytype of leg band or flag are of the highest interest. Caspian Tern with food or marking are also of interest to the following groups.
Banded Birds & Auxiliary Markers
www.flickr.com/groups/505232@N24/
Waterbird Diet Research
www.flickr.com/groups/565552@N22/
Your Caspian Tern photos are most valuable to researchers when they include details about the time, date, and location of the sighting.
Latin binomials for the species have included: Hydroprogne caspia, Sterna caspia, Hydroprogne tschegrava. It is also named Taranui, Raubseeschwalbe, Skräntärna, Sterne Caspienne, Räyskä, Charrán caspia, Pagaza Piquirroja, Gaivina-de-bico-vermelho, Garajau grande, 裏海燕鷗
You can learn more about Caspian Terns at the blog As the World Terns caspianterns.blogspot.com/. Research efforts are detailed at the following links
www.willamette.edu/scene/2006/spring/32/
www.columbiabirdresearch.org/
http://caspianterns.blogspot.com/
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Additional Information
 This is a public group.
- Accepted media types:
- Accepted content types:
- Photos / Videos
- Screenshots / Screencasts
- Illustration/Art / Animation/CGI
- Accepted safety levels:
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