Roseate tern


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Related to Roseate tern: Sandwich Tern
(Zool.) an American and European tern (Sterna Dougalli) whose breast is roseate in the breeding season.

See also: Roseate

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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This is thanks to management from BirdWatch Ireland staff and volunteers, support and funding from the EU LIFE Roseate Tern Recovery Project and Dun
| Roseate tern. The choice of Northumberland ornithologist Tom Cadwallender.
The brewery is also turning out a Roseate Tern beer, produced in a joint enterprise withAmble's Credence brewery, with a percentage of profits added to a fund which protects the UK's only breeding colony of the birds on Coquet Island.
Coquet Island off Amble is the only roseate tern breeding colony in the UK, and the birds were part of the inspiration for the exhibition.
The small island of Marsis, which is located in the western part of the middle of the Masirah Island, is a breeding area of sea birds, including the sooty gull and roseate tern.
A Bee-eater flew over Cemlyn where the now rare Roseate Tern also popped in briefly at the bustling colony.
Today, this 7,604-acre barrier island refuge is an important resting, nesting, and feeding habitat for migratory birds, including the federally protected piping plover and roseate tern. Over 30,000 shorebirds feed at Monomoy, stopping over briefly on their spring and fall migrations.
The Breeding Birds of Cleveland details the distribution of species across the area, ranging from the common house sparrow to the most rare hen harrier, teal and roseate tern.
gray wolf, piping plover, roseate tern, green sea turtle, saltwater
From the Castlebridge Consignment, the colt is out of Nabadhaat, the dam of a three-time winner and a daughter of Oaks runnerup Roseate Tern.
The charity said birds such as the black guillemot, gannet and roseate tern could benefit from marine-protected areas to prevent over-fishing, offshore industry and pollution.
Some of the high-profile federally and state listed endangered and threatened species addressed in the various journal papers, as well as unpublished theses, include the roseate tern (Sterna dougallii), snail kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis), Florida scrub-jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens), and the wood stork (Mycteria americana) as well as other listed wading birds; the Florida gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) with its suite of fire-adapted associate species; and sea turtles--especially conservation efforts to limit the effects of raccoon depredations of their nests.