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Tern

Terns are seabirds in the subfamily Sterninae of the wider gull and tern family Laridae. They have a worldwide distribution and are normally found near the sea, rivers, or wetlands. Terns are treated in eleven genera in a subgroup of the family Laridae, which also includes several genera of gulls and the skimmers (Rynchops). They are slender, lightly…

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Tern

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Edges216
Triples410
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009217
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related to Cited texts · 179
Tern → Academic Press, An Identification Guide, Andrew, Aristotelem, Arlott, Auium, Auks, Austin, Avian Medicine, Barcelona, Barlow, Bart, Beckenham, Behavior, Bird Behaviour, Bird Migration, Birds, Bischof, Brain, Brian
related to Distribution and habitat · 26
Tern → Actual, Aleutian, Amundsen Seas, Antarctic, Antarctica, Arctic, Atlantic Ocean, Farne Islands, Forster's, G82, Greenland, Indian Ocean, Many, Migratory, Most, New Zealand, Northumberland, Ross, South Pacific, Stewart Island
related to Taxonomy · 25
Tern → Behaviour, Charadriiformes, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Conrad Gessner, DNA, Early, Following, Francis Willughby, He, Inca, Laridae, Larus, Linnaeus, Most, One, Relationships, Sterna, Sternidae, Sterninae, Systema Naturae
related to Conservation status · 23
Tern → Australian, BirdLife International, California, China, Chinese, Damara, Disturbance, Easter Island, Five, Gulf, In New Zealand, Inca, Indian Ocean, Isla Rasa, It, Kerguelen, Some, South Australia, The, The Australasian
related to Relationships with humans · 20
Tern → Americas, Australia, Because, DDT, Eggs, Europe, Fishermen, Great Lakes, In, More, Overfishing, Pollution, South America, Terns, The, This, US, West Africa, West Indies, White
related to Etymology · 19
Tern → All, As, Danish, English, Latinisation, Linnaeus, Norfolk, North Germanic, Norwegian, Old English, Old Norse, Scandinavian, Some, Sterna, Swedish, The, The Seafarer, Variants, William Turner
related to Description · 15
Tern → Although, Anous, Caspian, Male, Onychoprion, Plumage, Procelsterna, Sea, Sternula, Terns, The, The Inca, They, Three, When
related to Breeding · 14
Tern → Black, Courtship, Damara, Forster's, Humboldt, Large, Most, Peruvian, Smaller, Some, Terns, The, The Inca, Trudeau's
related to Predators and parasites · 10
Tern → Adult, Adults, American, Arctic, Less, New Zealand, Problems, Scotland, The, These
related to Feeding · 9
Tern → An, Depending, Most, Other, Sea, Sooty, Terns, The, Warm-blooded

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terns species birds isbn plumage gulls breeding bird colonies black eggs noddies also although used white common nest london sterna

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Ternis aopportunist predator0.90text
Ternis ainsect-eating marsh tern BreedingTerns are normally monogamous0.90text
Ternis ainsect-eating marsh tern Predators and parasitesThe inaccessibility of many tern colonies gave them a measure of protection from mammalian predators0.90text
melanisminstance ofHeavily worn or aberrant plumages0.80text
albinism are much rarer in terns than in gulls.Voice.mw-parser-output .side-boxinstance ofHeavily worn or aberrant plumages0.80text
the leastinstance ofwhich helps to keep the brood together.Vocal differences reinforce species separation between closely related birds0.80text
little ternsinstance ofwhich helps to keep the brood together.Vocal differences reinforce species separation between closely related birds0.80text
and can help humans distinguish similar speciesinstance ofwhich helps to keep the brood together.Vocal differences reinforce species separation between closely related birds0.80text
such as commoninstance ofwhich helps to keep the brood together.Vocal differences reinforce species separation between closely related birds0.80text
arctic ternsinstance ofwhich helps to keep the brood together.Vocal differences reinforce species separation between closely related birds0.80text
since flight calls are unique to each speciesinstance ofwhich helps to keep the brood together.Vocal differences reinforce species separation between closely related birds0.80text
Conrad Gessnerinstance ofEarly authors0.80text

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