Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii

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Common Name : Roseate Tern
Scientific Name : Sterna dougallii (Montagu, 1813)

Order : Charadriiformes
Family : Sternidae
Taxonomic Group : Charadriiformes - Sternidae ( Terns )

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Taxonomy

Clements Checklist of Birds of the World 6.4 December 2009 Updated

Common Name : Roseate Tern
Scientific Name : Sterna dougallii
Order : Charadriiformes Family : Laridae: Sterninae (Terns)
Number of SubSpecies : 5

Taxon Category	Sub Species / Race	Range
subspecies	Sterna dougallii dougallii	Coastal e N America to W Indies; Azores, Europe and Africa
subspecies	Sterna dougallii arideensis	Seychelles to Madagascar and Rodrigues I.
subspecies	Sterna dougallii korustes	Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands and Mergui Archipelago
subspecies	Sterna dougallii bangsi	Arabian Sea; e China to New Guinea, Solomons and Ryukyus
subspecies	Sterna dougallii gracilis	Moluccas and n and w Australia

Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World 2006

3rd Edition, 2003. Revised and Corrected per Corrigenda to December 31, 2006

Common Name : Roseate Tern
Scientific Name : Sterna dougallii
SubFamily : Sterninae

Number of SubSpecies : 5

Sub Species / Race
Sterna dougallii dougallii
Sterna dougallii arideensis
Sterna dougallii korustes
Sterna dougallii bangsi
Sterna dougallii gracilis

IOC World Bird Names (version 2.2)

IOC Common Name : Roseate Tern
IOC Scientific Name : Sterna dougallii

Distribution :
Region : Worldwide Range : widespread coasts
Order : CHARADRIIFORMES Family : Laridae
Category : Gulls, Terns & Skimmers
Note: The skimmers (Rynchops) and terns are embedded among the gulls in a monophyletic clade; separation of the families Rynchopidae and Sternidae would render the gull family Laridae paraphyletic relative to these other two groups (Baker et al. 2008).

A Synopsis of the Birds of India and Pakistan

SYNOPIS NO : 466

Scientific Name: Sterna dougallii
Common Name: Roseate or Rosy Tern

Birdlife International Checklist Ver 3 June 2010

Common Name : Roseate Tern
Scientific Name : Sterna dougallii(Montagu, 1813)
Birdlife Synonym :

BirdLife Redlist Status Year 2010: LC
BirdLife Species FactSheet for Roseate Tern ( Sterna dougallii )

Taxonomy Treatment : R

Birdlife Taxonomy Notes : The BirdLife Taxonomic Working Group 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.

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

IUCN Common Name (Eng) : Roseate Tern
Scientific Name : Sterna dougallii (Montagu, 1813)
French Name : Sterne De Dougall
IUCN Redlist Species FactSheet for Roseate Tern ( Sterna dougallii )

Species : dougallii
Genus : Sterna
Family : LaridaeOrder : Charadriiformes

IUCN RedList Status : LC

IUCN RedList Criteria Version : 3.1
IUCN RedList Year Assessed : 2008
IUCN RedList Petitioned : N

Oriental Bird Club Checklist Draft Novemebr 2009

Family : LARIDAE

Scientific Name : Sterna dougallii
Common Name : Roseate Tern

Bibliography

Bibliography of Roseate Tern ( Sterna dougallii )
Number of Results found : 100

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1. CRAWFORD, R.J.M., WHITTINGTON, P.A., MARTIN, P.A., TREE, A.J. & MAKHADO, A.B. , (2009), Population trends of seabirds breeding in South Africa's Eastern Cape and the possible influence of anthropogenic and environmental change, Marine Ornithology, 37:2: 159 - 174.

2. Spendelow JA;Hines JE;Nichols JD;Nisbet ICT;Cormons G;Hays H;Hatch JJ;Mostello CS; , (2008), Temporal Variation in Adult Survival Rates of Roseate Terns During Periods of Increasing and Declining Populations, Waterbirds, 31:3: 309 - 319.

3. Ratcliffe N;Newton S;Morrison P;Merne O;Cadwallender T;Frederiksen M; , (2008), Adult Survival and Breeding Dispersal of Roseate Terns Within the Northwest European Metapopulation, Waterbirds, 31:3: 320 - 329.

4. Tneill P;Minton CDT;Nisbet ICT;Hines JE; , (2008), Annual Recapture and Survival Rates of Two Non-Breeding Adult Populations of Roseate Terns Sterna dougallii Captured on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, and Estimates of their Population Sizes, Waterbirds, 31:3: 338 - 345.

5. Nisbet ICT;Ratcliffe N; , (2008), Comparative Demographics of Tropical and Temperate Roseate Terns, Waterbirds, 31:3: 346 - 356.

6. Nisbet ICT;Ratcliffe N; , (2008), Introduction to Symposium: Comparative Demographics of Tropical and Temperate Roseate Terns, Waterbirds, 31:3: 307 - 308.

7. Monticelli D;Ramos JA;Tavares PC;Bataille B;Lepoint G;Devillers P; , (2008), Diet and Foraging Ecology of Roseate Terns and Lesser Noddies Breeding Sympatrically on Aride Island, Seychelles, Waterbirds, 31:2: 231 - 240.

8. Monticelli D;Ramos JA;Guerreiro-Milheiras SA;Doucet JL; , (2008), Adult Survival of Tropical Roseate Terns Breeding on Aride Island, Seychelles, Western Indian Ocean, Waterbirds, 31:3: 330 - 337.

9. Skerrett A. and Rocamora, G. , (2007), New breeding records of Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii in Seychelles , Bulletins of the African Bird Club, 14.1: 62 - 67.

10. Shoch DT;Anderson DL; , (2007), Status of Tern Colonies in the Honduras Bay Islands, Waterbirds, 30:3: 403 - 411.

11. Monticelli D;Ramos JA; , (2007), Plumage Characteristics and Return Rate of One-Year-Old tropical Roseate Terns, Waterbirds, 30:1: 58 - 63.

12. Donehower CE;Bird DM;Hall CS;Kress SW; , (2007), Effects of Gull Predation and Predator Control on Tern Nesting Success at Eastern Egg Rock, Maine, Waterbirds, 30:1: 29 - 39.

13. Cao L;Pan YL;Liu NF; , (2007), Waterbirds of the Xisha Archipelago, South China Sea, Waterbirds, 30:2: 296 - 300.

14. Rock, J. C., M. L. Leonard, and A. W. Boyne. , (2007), Foraging Habitat and Chick Diets of Roseate Tern, Sterna dougallii, Breeding on Country Island, Nova Scotia , Avian Conservation and Ecology - Ã�â�°cologie et conservation des oiseaux, 2:1: .

15. Rock JC; Leonard ML; Boyne AW , (2007), Foraging Habitat and Chick Diets of Roseate Tern, Sterna dougallii, Breeding on Country Island, Nova Scotia, Avian Conservation and Ecology---Conservation et Ã©cologie des oiseaux, 2(1): 4: .

16. Ber Van Perlo , (2006), Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii), Field Guide Birds of Mexico and Central America; CollinsÂ , : 33.

17. Latta, Rimmer, Keith, Wiley, Raffaele, McFarland, Fernandez , (2006), Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii), HELM FIELD GUIDES - BIRDS of the Dominican Republic & Haiti; Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd, : 21 / 104.

18. David MONTICELLI, Jaime A. RAMOS and JosÃ© PEREIRA , (2006), Habitat use and foraging success of roseate and common terns feeding in flocks in the Azores, Ardeola, 53:2: 293 - 306.

19. Hays H;Hudon J;Cormons G;DiCostanzo J;Lima P; , (2006), The Pink Feather Blush of the Roseate Tern, Waterbirds, 29:3: 296 - 301.

20. Jaime A. Ramos, Anna Maria Maul, John Bowler, Louisa Wood, Rob Threadgold, Sharon Johnson, Darryl Birch and Susan Walker , (2006), Annual variation in laying date and breeding success of Brown Noddies on Aride Island, Seychelles , The Emu - Austral Ornithology, 106:1: 81 - 86.

21. Ramos JA; Maul AM; Bowler J; Wood L; Threadgold R; Johnson S; Birch D; Walker S , (2006), Annual variation in laying date and breeding success of Brown Noddies on Aride Island, Seychelles., Emu, 106: 81 - 86.

22. Craig Robson , (2005), Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii), BIRDS OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA; New Holland Publishers Ltd, : 54.

23. Szczys P;Spendelow JA;Nisbet ICT; , (2005), Sex Ratio and Early Growth Patterns of Roseate Tern Chicks during Five Breeding Seasons at Falkner Island, Connecticut, USA, Waterbirds, 28:3: 273 - 279.

24. Shealer DA;Saliva JE;Pierce J; , (2005), Annual Survival and Movement Patterns of Roseate Terns Breeding in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Waterbirds, 28:1: 79 - 86.

25. Paul O'Neill, Clive Minton, Kiyoaki Ozaki and Rebecca White , (2005), Three populations of non-breeding Roseate Terns (Sterna dougallii) in the Swain Reefs, Southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia, The Emu - Austral Ornithology, 105:1: 57 - 66.

26. TREE, A.J. , (2005), The known history and movements of the Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii in South Africa and the western Indian Ocean, Marine Ornithology, 33:1: 41 - 47.

27. Komisja Faunistyczna SO PTZool; Stawarczyk T, chair , (2005), [Rare birds recorded in Poland in 2004.], Notatki Ornitologiczne, 46: 157 - 178.

28. O'Neill P; Minton C; Ozaki K; White R , (2005), Three populations of non-breeding Roseate Terns (Sterna dougallii) in the Swain Reefs, Southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia., Emu, 105: 57 - 66.

29. Burbidge, A.A. and P.J. Fuller. , (2004), Numbers of non-burrowing breeding seabirds of the Houtman Abrolhos: 1991-1993 and 1999., Corella, 28: 93 - 103.

30. RF Porter; S.Christensen; P.Schiermacker-Hansen , (2004), Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii), BIRDS OF THE MIDDLE EAST; Poyser, : 98.

31. Simpson; Day , (2004), Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii), FIELD GUIDE to the BIRDS of AUSTRALIA; Princeton University Press, 7th Edition: 110.

32. Spendelow JA;Kuter M; , (2004 ), Combined impacts of Black-crowned Night-Heron predation/disturbance and various management activities on Roseate Tern productivity in 2003, and testing of a video surveillance system for recording the diurnal and nocturnal behavior of terns and night-hero, Laurel, MD] [USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, : .

33. Spendelow JA;Nichols JD;Kendall WL;Hines JE;Hatfield JS;Nisbet ICT; , (2004 ), Detecting warning signs of trouble within population fluctuations: using capture-recapture modeling to uncover changes in population dynamics leading to declines, Annual Meeting of the Association of Field Ornithologists and the Wilson Ornithological Society Program and Abstracts, : 42.

34. Ramos JA;Maul AM;Bowler J;Monticelli D;Pacheco C; , (2004), LAYING DATE, CHICK PROVISIONING, AND BREEDING SUCCESS OF LESSER NODDIES ON ARIDE ISLAND, SEYCHELLES, The Condor, 106:4: 887 - 895.

35. Coate KH; Done C; Willing T , (2004), Seabird Islands: No. 249-Sterna Island, Kimberley Region, Western Australia., Corella, 28: 112 - 114.

36. Coate KH; Done C; Willing T , (2004), Seabird Islands: No. 249 - Sterna Island, Kimberley Region, Western Australia., Corella, 28: 112 - 114.

37. Tree AJ;Klages NTW; , (2003), Status, biometrics, moult and possible relationships of the South African population of Roseate Tern, Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology, 74:1: 74 - 80.

38. H.Raffaele; J.Wiley; O.Garrido; A.Keith; J.Raffaele , (2003), Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii), BIRDS of the WEST INDIES; Princeton University Press, : 30.

39. David Allen Sibley; Rick Cech , (2003), Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii), The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America; Knopf, 1st Edition: 195.

40. Ramos JA; , (2003), Intraspecific Aggression by Roseate Tern Adults on Chicks in a Tropical Colony, Waterbirds, 26:2: 160 - 165.

41. Tree AJ; Klages NTW , (2003), Status, biometrics, moult and possible relationships of the South African population of Roseate Tern., Ostrich, 74(1&2): 74 - 80.

42. Ramos JA , (2003), Intraspecific aggression by Roseate Tern adults on chicks in a tropical colony, Waterbirds, 26: 160 - 165.

43. Eduardo DE JUANA and COMITÃ� DE RAREZAS DE LA SOCIEDAD ESPAÃ�OLA DE ORNITOLOGÃ�A , (2002), Report on rare birds in Spain in 2000, Ardeola, 49:1: 141 - 171.

44. Shealer DA;Spendelow JA; , (2002), Individual Foraging Strategies of Kleptoparasitic Roseate Terns, Waterbirds, 25:4: 436 - 441.

45. Ramos JA; , (2002), Spatial Patterns of Breeding Parameters in Tropical Roseate Terns Differ from Temperate Seabirds, Waterbirds, 25:3: 285 - 294.

46. Bowler J;Betts M;Bullock I;Ramos JA; , (2002), Trends in Seabird Numbers on Aride Island Nature Reserve, Seychelles 1988-2000, Waterbirds, 25:1: 26 - 38.

47. Benoit MP;Bretagnolle V; , (2002), Seabirds of the Southern Lagoon of New Caledonia; Distribution, Abundance and Threats, Waterbirds, 25:2: 202 - 213.

48. Hays H;Neves Vn;Lima P; , (2002), Banded Roseate Terns from different continents trapped in the Azores, Journal of Field Ornithology, 73:2: 180 - 184.

49. Nisbet, I. C. T. , (2002), Hybrid terns cryptically similar to Forster's Terns nesting in Massachusetts., Bird Observer of Eastern Massachusetts, 30: 161 - 171.

50. Dale A.Zimmerman; Donald A.Turner; David J.Pearson , (2001), Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii bangsi), BIRDS of KENYA & NORTHERN TANZANIA; Princeton University Press, : 3 / 354.

51. JAIME A. RAMOS , (2001), Seasonal variation in reproductive measures of tropical Roseate Terns Sterna dougallih previously undescribed breeding patterns in a seabird, Ibis, 143:1: 83 - 91.

52. Szczys P;Nisbet ICT;Hatch JJ;Kesseli RV; , (2001), SEX RATIO BIAS AT HATCHING AND FLEDGING IN THE ROSEATE TERN, The Condor, 103:2: 385 - 389.

53. JAIME A. RAMOS, JOHN BOWLER, LAURA DAVIS, SARAH VENIS, JOHN QUINN, CAROLE MIDDLETON , (2001), ACTIVITY PATTERNS AND EFFECT OF TICKS ON GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF TROPICAL ROSEATE TERN NESTLINGS, The Auk, 118:3: 709 - 716.

54. Ramos, J. A., J. Bowler, L. Davis, S. Venis, J. Quinn, C. Middleton. , (2001), Activity patterns and effect of ticks on growth and survival of tropical Roseate Tern nestlings., Auk, 118: 709 - 716.

55. Spendelow, J. A., J. M. Kuter, C. M. Grinnell. , (2001), A pair of Roseate Terns adopts another pair's egg., Connecticut Warbler, 21: 173 - 176.

56. RS Kennedy; PC Gozales; EC Dickinson; HC Miranda Jr; TH Fisher , (2000), Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii), A GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF THE PHILIPPINES; Oxford University Press, USA, : 23.

57. Krys Kazmierczak; Ber van Perlo , (2000), Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii), A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT; Yale University Press, : 134.

58. Jaime A. Ramos , (2000), Characteristics of Foraging Habitats and Chick Food Provisioning by Tropical Roseate Terns, The Condor, 102:4: 795 - 803.

59. Buckley PA;Buckley FG; , (2000), PATTERNS OF COLONY-SITE USE AND DISUSE IN SALTMARSH-NESTING COMMON AND ROSEATE TERNS, Journal of Field Ornithology, 71:2: 356 - 369.

60. Hatch J.J.; Szczys P. , (2000), Lack of evidence for female-female pairs among Roseate Terns, Sterna dougallii, in Western Australia contrasts with North Atlantic., The Emu - Austral Ornithology, 100:2: 152 - 155.

61. SÃ¡nchez, B., D. RodrÃguez. , (2000), Avifauna associated with the aquatic and coastal ecosystems of Cayo Coco, Cuba., El Pitierre (Newsl. Soc. Caribbean Ornithol.), 13: 68 - 75.

62. Hatch, J. J., P. Szczys. , (2000), Lack of evidence for female-female pairs among Roseate Terns Sterna dougallii in Western Australia contrasts with North Atlantic., Emu, 100: 152 - 155.

63. Chris Doughty; Nicolas Day; Andrew Plant , (1999), Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii), BIRDS OF THE SOLOMONS, VANUATU & NEW CALEDONIA; A&C Black, : 94.

64. K.Mullarney; L.Svensson; D.Zetterstrom; P.J.Grant , (1999), Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii), COLLINS BIRD GUIDE - BRITAIN & EUROPE; Collins, : 187.

65. Ian C.T. Nisbet, Jeremy J. Hatch , (1999), Consequences of a female-biased sex-ratio in a socially monogamous bird: female-female pairs in the Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii, Ibis, 141:2: 307 - 320.

66. Comins, P. , (1999), The Roseate Tern., Connecticut Warbler, 19: 108 - 115.

67. Nisbet, I. C. T., et al. , (1999), Predicting chick survival and productivity of Roseate Terns from data on early growth., Waterbirds, 22: 90 - 97.

68. Dittmann, D. L., S. W. Cardiff. , (1999), Let's take another look---in search of Louisiana's mid-sized Sterna terns., Louisiana Ornithol. Soc. News, 186: 8 - 13.

69. Comins, P. , (1999), The Roseate Tern., Connecticut Warbler, 19: 108 - 110.

70. Watson, M. J., J. J. Hatch. , (1999), Differences in foraging performance between juvenile and adult Roseate Terns at a pre-migratory staging area., Waterbirds, 22: 459 - 462.

71. Nisbet, I. C. T., J. A. Spendelow. , (1999), Contribution of research to management and recovery of the Roseate Tern: Review of a twelve-year project., Waterbirds, 22: 228 - 238.

72. Chris Kightly; Steve Madge; Dave Nurney , (1998), Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii), POCKET GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF BRITAIN AND NORTH-WEST EUROPE; , : 148.

73. Ian Sinclair; Olivier Langrand , (1998), Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii), BIRDS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; , : 92.

74. Gould WR;Nichols JD; , (1998 ), Estimation of temporal variability of survival in animal populations, Ecology, 79:7: 2531 - 2538.

75. Ian C. T. Nisbet , Jeffrey A. Spendelow , Jeff S. Hatfield , James M. Zingo , Greg A. Gough , (1998), Variations in Growth of Roseate Tern Chicks: II Early Growth As an Index of Parental Quality, The Condor, 100:2: 305 - 315.

76. DAVID A. SHEALER , (1998), Size-selective Predation by a Specialist Forager, the Roseate Tern, The Auk, 115:2: 519 - 525.

77. JAIME A. RAMOS, ENCARNACION SOLï¿½, LUï¿½S R. MONTEIRO, NORMAN RATCLIFFE , (1998), PREY DELIVERED TO ROSEATE TERN CHICKS IN THE AZORES , Journal of Field Ornithology, 69:3: 419 - 429.

78. Ramos JA; SolÃ¡ E; Monteiro LR , (1998), Prey delivered to Roseate Tern chicks in the Azores., Journal ofÂ Field Ornithology, 69: 419 - 429.

79. Phillips, M. L., K. J. Boyle, A. G. Clark. , (1998), A comparison of opinions of wildlife managers and the public on endangered species management., Wildlife Society Bulletin, 26: 605 - 613.

80. Ramos, J. A. , (1998), Nest-site selection by Roseate Terns breeding on Aride Island, Seychelles., Colonial Waterbirds, 21: 438 - 443.

81. Gochfeld M; Burger J; Nisbet ICT , (1998), Roseate Tern., BirdsÂ ofÂ North America, 370: 32 pp..

82. Zingo, J. A., J. A. Spendelow. , (1998), Ornithology at Falkner and Goose Islands: overview and historical records., Connecticut Warbler, 18: 18 - 34.

83. Gochfeld, M., J. Burger, I. C. T. Nisbet. , (1998), Roseate Tern., BirdsÂ ofÂ North America, 370: 32 pp.

84. Whittam, R. W. , (1998), Interbreeding of Roseate and Arctic Terns., The Wilson Journal of Ornithology(formerlyÂ The Wilson Bulletin), 110: 65 - 70.

85. Shealer, D. A. , (1998), Size-selective predation by a specialist forager, the Roseate Tern., Auk, 115: 519 - 525.

86. Lockwood, M. W. , (1998), Texas Bird Records Committee report for 1997., Bulletin of Texas Ornithology Society, 31: 50 - 62.

87. Nisbet, I. C. T., et al. , (1998), Variations in growth of Roseate Tern chicks: II. Early growth as an index of parental quality., Condor, 100: 305 - 315.

88. Shealer, D. A. , (1998), Differences in diet and chick provisioning between adult Roseate and Sandwich terns in Puerto Rico., Condor, 100: 131 - 140.

89. Ian Sinclair; Phil Hockey; Warwick Tarboton , (1997), Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii dougallii), BIRDS of SOUTHERN AFRICA; 2nd edition, Princeton University Press, : 212.

90. Stephen W. Kress , (1997), Using Animal Behavior for Conservation, Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, 29:1: 1 - 26.

91. Kress SW , (1997), Using animal behavior for conservation: case studies in seabird restoration from the Maine coast, USA., Journal of theÂ Yamashina InstituteÂ forÂ Ornithology, 29: 1 - 26.

92. Sommers, L. A. , (1997), Selected bird species in New York State. 1996 summary., Kingbird, 47: 110 - 113.

93. Skakuj, M., T. Stawarczyk. , (1997), Five new bird species in Bahrain., Sandgrouse, 19(1): 39 - 44.

94. Shealer, D. A., et al. , (1997), Host choice and success of gulls and terns kleptoparasitizing Brown Pelicans., Animal Behaviour, 53: 655 - 665.

95. Spendelow, J. A., J. M. Zingo. , (1997), Female Roseate Tern fledges a chick following death of her mate during the incubation period., Colonial Waterbirds, 20: 552 - 555.

96. Spendelow, J. A., J. M. Zingo, S. Foss. , (1997), A pair of Roseate Terns fledges three young with limited human assistance., Connecticut Warbler, 17: 6 - 10.

97. Hays, H., et al. , (1997), Recoveries of Roseate and Common terns in South America., Journal ofÂ Field Ornithology, 68: 79 - 90.

98. De Ruwe, F., G. De Smet. , (1997), [Hybrid Roseate Tern H Common Tern breeding with Common Tern at Zeebrugge in 1995.], Dutch Birding, 19: 60 - 64.

99. Milton D.A.; Smith G.C.; Blaber S.J.M. , (1996), Variable success in breeding of the Roseate Tern, Sterna dougallii, on the northern Great Barrier Reef., The Emu - Austral Ornithology, 96:2: 123 - 131.

100. DAVID A. SHEALER , (1996), FORAGING HABITAT USE AND PROFITABILITY IN TROPICAL ROSEATE TERNS AND SANDWICH TERNS, The Auk, 113:1: 209 - 217.

Book Excerpts

The Avifauna of British India and its dependencies - Vol II (1890)

Roseate Tern (Sterna dougalli)

1435. Sterna Dougalli, Mont.

Diet. Orn. Suppl. Saunders, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 653 ; Dresser, B. Eur. viii. p. 273, pl.; Legge, Str. F. iii. p. 376 ; id., Birds Ceylon, p. 1033. Sterna paradisea, Keys and Bias. Wirb. Eur. p. 247. Sterna gracilis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 222 ; id., B. Austr. vii. pl. 27. Sterna korustes, Hume, Str. F. ii. p. 318. -

The Roseate Tern.

In summer the crown and nape are deep glossy black; back and upper surface of the wings delicate, light french grey ; rump and upper tail coverts white, washed with grey ; rest of the plumage pure white, except that the under surface of the body is tinged with a delicate light rose colour; first primary with the outer web black, the rest with the outer webs hoary grey ; inner webs of the primaries dark grey, broadly margined to the tip of the feather with white; bill red at the base, otherwise black; iris dark brown; legs reddish orange.

In winter the forehead and cheeks are white; crown and nape brownish black, slightly marked with white; lesser wing coverts along the edge brownish; no trace of rose colour on the under parts, otherwise as in the summer plumage. (Dresser.) Legs and feet bright vermilion red; claws black; irides deep brown; bill black ; gape and base of lower mandible varied from reddish fleshy to vermilion red. (Davison.)

Length. - 14.5 to 15 inches; tail 7 to 7.5 ; wing 8.5 ; to 8.7; tarsus 0.7; bill from gape 2.0; fork of tail about 4.

Hab. - Tenasserim, off the mouth of the Loynah Creek, also the Bassein estuary. It has a wide range, being found in Europe, Africa and America, and is met with in various parts of India, Ceylon and the Andaman Islands, extending down to Australia. Frequents only the sea-coasts. Breeds on isolated sandbanks. In Ceylon, Mr. Parker found a colony nesting in June on a low sand bank on Adam's Bridge. The nests were depressions in the sand, and contained one or two eggs, of the same type as those of the last, pale buff, blotched, streaked and spotted with brown.

Nests And Eggs of Indian Birds - Vol III (1890)

Roseate Tern (Sterna dougalli)

Sterna dougalli, Mont.
The Roseate Tern.

Sterna dougalli, Mont., Hume, Cat. no. 985 bis.

Of the breeding of this Tern within Indian limits, Mr. H. Parker records the following very full note from Ceylon :- " June {Adam's Bridge). - On a small low bank there was a colony of some 200 pairs of this beautiful Tern, all breeding ! The birds were extremely tame, settling on the nests when I was only 30 yards distant. At short intervals the whole flock rose in a cloud, screaming loudly, and after flying about halfway towards me returned to the eggs. Many, however, came on and made persistent swoops within two or three feet of my head, some of them almost alighting on it, uttering a loud scream at the time, with occasional hoarse notes. A bird noosed on the nest proved to be a male. Some twenty pairs of S. sinensis were breeding in this colony; as a rule, their nests were not mixed up with the others and were much more scattered. Some nests of S. bergii were in the midst of those of the Roseate Tern.

" The nests were from a foot to six feet or a little more apart, extending in a broad semicircle along the highest ridge of the sand, which was in no part more than two feet above the watermark, and generally not more than six inches above it. At high tide some of the nests were evidently surrounded by water. Ad were small hollows scratched in the sand, from 4 to 6 inches wide, and from 1/2 to 1 1/2 inch deep ; some few contained a partial lining of shells, and in one instance a ridge of them was raised round the nest. The sand taken out of the cavity was usually deposited in a small mound round the nest.

" The number of eggs laid was either one or two - two in the greater number of nests. Their ordinary shape is a regular oval occasionally slightly pointed; but many elongated and stumpy " eggs are also met with. Every intermediate gradation is found between a warm umber or sepia ground and a very pale grey stone-colour, in the latter case with a faint permanent greenish tinge. The eggs are spotted and boldly blotched and clouded with dark umber-brown or warm sepia, in some instances so dark as to be almost black, the deep tone often overlying a lighter one. All have inferior clouds and spots of light brownish purple or faint inky grey. Generally the markings exhibit a tendency to gyrate, but many exceptions occur. In a considerable number of cases they are chiefly clustered in a zone round the obtuse end, in these eggs being sometimes confluent, particularly in the browner specimens, and a few eggs have also scattered broken patches of the same colour as the other upper markings. Some have no blotches, and spots are spread almost equally over their whole surface.The dimensions of twenty eggs are, mean 1.58x1.12; maximum length 1.74, breadth 1.20 ; minimum length 1.48, breadth 1.05."

The Fauna Of British India including Ceylon and Burma 1st Ed. Vol IV (1898)

Roseate Tern (Sterna dougalli)

1508. Sterna dougalli.

The Roseate Tern.

Sterna dougalli, Mont. Orn. Diet. Suppl. (1813); Legge, S. F. iii p. 376; Hume, S. F. iv, p. 294: Butler, S. F. v, p. 327; vii, p. 188 ; Hume & Dav. S. F. vi, p. 492; Hume, Cat. no. 985 bis; Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 1033; Parker, S. F. ix, p. 488; Oates, B. B. ii, p. 425; id. in Hume's N. & E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 301; Saunders, Cat. B. M. xxv, p. 70. Sterna paradisea, apud Keys. & Blas. Wirb. Eur. p. 247 (1840), nec Briinn.; Blyth, Cat. p. 292; id. Ibis, 1867, p. 177; Walden, Ibis, 1874, p. 149. Sterna gracilis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1845, p. 76 ; Hume, S. F. ii, pp.317, 501. Sternula korustes, Hume, S. F. ii, p. 318.

Coloration. In breeding-plumage the crown, with the forehead, upper lores, sides of head to lower edge of orbit, and upper part of hind neck black; lower lores, cheeks, sides of neck, and a collar round the hind neck white; back and wings pale pearl-grey; rump and tail paler, outer tail-feathers white; outer web of 1st primary black, except near tip; inner web blackish near shafts, inner border of all primaries and secondaries to the tips white, and also the outer border of the secondaries near the end ; lower parts throughout white, suffused with delicate pink, evanescent in dried skins.

In winter the forehead is spotted with white, and the lower parts are nearly white. Young birds have the upper parts white with dark brown intermarginal bands on the feathers, and all the primaries dark grey, the first almost black, with conspicuous white inner borders.

Bill black, red at base ; irides dark brown ; legs and feet scarlet.

Length 15; tail 5.5 to 7.5, depth of fork 4 to 5 ; wing 9; tarsus .75 ; bill from gape 2.

Distribution. Coasts of the temperate and tropical Atlantic and of the Indian Ocean. This Tern has not hitherto been recorded with certainty on the west coast of lndia,'though it is said to have been seen in Sind, but it is far from rare in Ceylon and at the Andamans, and was obtained by Davison on the coast of Southern Tenasserim.

Habits, &c. A sea-tern, usually seen near the coasts. Mr. Barker found a colony breeding on a sandbank near Adam's Bridge, Northwest Ceylon, in June. Each clutch contained one or two eggs, laid in a small hollow in the sand very little above high-water mark; the eggs were brownish or greenish grey, spotted and blotched as usual, and measured about 1.58 by 1.12.

Game, Shore and Water Birds of India

243. Sterna dougalli.

243. Sterna dougalli.

The Roseate Sea-Tern.

In honour of Dr. MacDougall, of Glasgow, who first sent a specimen and description to Montagu in 1812.

Male 15 4/5". Legs coral. Bill black. Black head, and long, pointed, velvet-black crest. Beneath rose. Mantle pale grey. White collar round hind neck. Inner webs of primaries white to the tips.— In winter: Forehead spotted white, and below nearly white. Coasts of temperate and tropical Atlantic, and of the Indian Ocean. One or two eggs (1.58 x 1.12), greenish, spotted and blotched brown and purple. (B. 1508. S.F. iii. 376.)

The Fauna Of British India including Ceylon and Burma 2nd Ed. Vol VI (1929)

Eastern- Rosy Tern (Sterna dougalli korustes)

(2086) Sterna dougalli korustes.

The Eastern- Rosy Tern.

Sterna korustes Hume, Str. Feath., ii, p. 318 (1874) (Andamans). Sterna dougalli. Blanf. & Oates, iv, p. 319.

Vernacular names. Muhudu lihiniya (Cing.); Kadal huruvi (Tam.).

Description. Upper parts of head to nape and crest black,, running just below the eye, where it is interrupted by a white patch; a collar on hind-neck white; upper parts pearl-grey, palest on the rump and upper tail-coverts; outermost tail-feathers pure white; first three primaries blackish with a. broad white edge to the inner webs; remaining primaries and secondaries pearl-grey, edged inwardly with white; lower plumage white suffused with delicate pink.

Colours of soft parts. Iris dark brown; bill red, tipped blackish or with the terminal third blackish ; legs and feet bright red,

Measurements. Wing 210 to 226 mm.; tail 130 to 164 mm.; tarsus about 20 to 22 mm.; culmen 31 to 38 mm.

In Winter the forehead and fore-crown are marked with white; the pink flush on the lower plumage is duller and nearly disappears.

Young birds have the upper parts white with double bars of brown; the crown streaked and the forehead spotted with brown, black and white; the rump and upper tail-coverts ashy-grey, sometimes mottled or speckled with brown; underparts white.

Nestling in down. Upper parts, chin and throat grey tinged with buff or rich buff, the bases of the down black and showing through; underparts white.

Distribution. Ceylon, Andamans and the islands of the Mergui Peninsula.

Nidification. The Eastern Rosy Tern breeds in large colonies of two hundred pairs and over in the Andamans and Ceylon, in the former during June and in the latter in April and early May. Wait and Phillips describe the nests as varying from scrapes, with little or no material as lining, to well-made pads of grass. One colony is said to have taken possession of the leeward side of an island of about an acre, where the beach shelved down to the water. Some nests were in the open and others among grass growing six inches to a foot high. The eggs numbered one or two, very rarely three and are like those of the European Rosy Tern, smaller, more speckled and less heavily blotched as a rule than the eggs of the Common Tern. In shape also they are typically longer, more pointed eggs. One hundred eggs average 40.2 x 29.3 mm.: maxima 46.8 x 28.9 and 42.1 x 31.3 mm.; minima 34.8 X 26.4 mm.

In the Andamans this Tern and Sterna sumatrana breed together, whilst in the Ceylon islands it breeds with Thalasseus bergii edwardsi, though the latter commences laying some three weeks later.

Habits. This is purely a Sea-Tern, being confined to the coastline and adjoining islands. It is resident wherever found but in the non-breeding season it scatters along the coast and among many islands, concentrating again in particular spots before breeding starts. The call is decidedly softer than that of the Common Tern but when disturbed while breeding they scream harshly as they wheel round and round the intruder. Their diet is almost exclusively small fish.

The Fauna Of British India including Ceylon and Burma 2nd Ed. Vol VIII (1930)

Sterna dougallii

Sterna dougallii Montagu.

(Sterna dougallii Montagu, Orn. Dict. Suppl., 1813: Scotland, Europe.)

The Fauna Of British India including Ceylon and Burma 2nd Ed. Vol VIII (1930)

Sterna dougallii korustes

Sterna dougallii korustes Hume.

Sterna korustes Hume, Str. Feath., vol. ii, p. p. 318, 1874 : Andaman Islands.

Museum Collections

Number of Museum Specimen Records Found : 1 for Sterna dougallii

No.	Museum	Species	Collection Deatils	Collector	Date of Collection	Record	Locality	GBIF Portal Link
1	Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility	Sterna dougallii	PMAE Provincial Museum of Alberta 354692	Orton, C.L.		Specimen	Andaman Islands Unknown India Southern Asia	Link

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Sound/Call

6 calls found for Sterna dougallii

Remarks: Magnificent birds, at last!
Call Type: another call of an adult in flight (C)

Remarks: Calls given from a flyover juvenile bird.
Call Type: Call (A)

Remarks: Magnificent birds, at last!
Call Type: a call in flight, adult bird (C)

Remarks: Bi-syllabic call is standard Roseate call, the harsher one is the call of a juvenile bird.
Call Type: Call (B)

Remarks: Calls given from a flyover adult.
Call Type: Call (A)

Remarks: Adult and juvenile flew in and landed on rocks nearby
Call Type: (A)

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