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Royal tern

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(Zool.) a large, crested American tern (Sterna maxima).

See also: Royal



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Byline: WITH JULIAN HUGHES BRITAIN'S birders flocked to Llandudno last Saturday after the African royal tern - on the Llyen the previous week - was spotted near the pier.
Our only Laughing Gull was seen at Newton Point, Porthcawl, in September 1988, and the Royal Tern at Kenfig Pool in 1989 showed its American credentials by wearing a ring placed on its leg at a site on the American coast between Virginia and North Carolina.
 
 
 
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