A widespread circumpolar species which breeds mainly near freshwater, it also hawks like marsh terns over
both water and fields. The stout bill is its main identification feature, it also sports a black patch behind
the ear-coverts in winter. It often winters on coasts as well as inland.
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HOMEPAGE
GULL-BILLED TERN
Gelochelidon nilotica
