Royal tern - Wikipedia
Adult royal tern and Cabot's tern (smaller bird, right) in flight at Core Banks, North Carolina. This is a large tern, second only to the Caspian tern but is unlikely to be confused with this "carrot-billed" giant, which has extensive dark underwing patches. The royal tern has an orange-red bill, pale gray upperparts, and white underparts.
Royal Tern Identification - All About Birds
A sleek seabird of warm saltwater coasts, the Royal Tern lives up to its regal name with a tangerine-colored bill and ragged, ink-black crest against crisp white plumage. Royal Terns fly gracefully and slowly along coastlines, diving for small fish, which they capture with a swift strike of their daggerlike bills.
Royal Tern Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Royal Terns fly gracefully and slowly along coastlines, diving for small fish, which they capture with a swift strike of their daggerlike bills. They are social birds, gathering between fishing expeditions on undisturbed beaches and nesting in dense, boisterous colonies.
Royal Tern | Audubon Field Guide
Common along tropical and subtropical shores, the Royal Tern is a characteristic sight along the Gulf Coast and southern Atlantic Coast, less numerous in California. Aside from a few interior localities in Florida, it is almost never found inland except after hurricanes.
Royal Tern - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
Royal terns are territorial and will defend their small space by flying or walking or towards intruders, by flutter flights, aerial chases, and a number of displays involving head movements.
Royal Tern - eBird
Large tern, found strictly in coastal areas. Feeds in open ocean and saltwater bays, where it flies high above the water looking for small fish. Rests on beaches, often in groups with other species. Separated from many terns by large size; only slightly smaller than Caspian.
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Information - Earth Life
2023年7月12日 · Royal Terns usually forage alone or in groups around estuaries, lagoons and mangroves. Royal Terns mostly feed mostly on small fish – and to a lesser extent on squid, shrimp and crabs. They are often observed flying several meters above the surface of water and diving. They may hover above the water before plunge diving for prey.
Royal Tern Life History - All About Birds
A sleek seabird of warm saltwater coasts, the Royal Tern lives up to its regal name with a tangerine-colored bill and ragged, ink-black crest against crisp white plumage. Royal Terns fly gracefully and slowly along coastlines, diving for small fish, which they capture with a swift strike of their daggerlike bills.
Royal Tern - Chesapeake Bay
Royal terns eat small fish, shrimp and crustaceans. They catch them by flying over the water with the bills pointed down and then plunge into the water. Flight pattern is a direct flight with deep, steady wing beats. Their call is a loud, rolling keer-reet. They sound like a …
Royal Tern (Sterna maxima) - Planet of Birds
Royal Tern feeds mainly at mid-tide, in the early morning and in late afternoon, but it also fishes at night during breeding period. It flies at about 5 to 10 metres above the water, along the beaches, searching for fish and other preys. Royal Tern fishes alone or in pairs, but sometimes in flocks too. These groups may contain up to 150 birds.