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Gelochelidon nilotica (Gull-billed Tern)


English: Gull-billed Tern      

Russian: Чайконосая крачка
Mongolian: Бахим амуулай, Бахим хараалай

German: Lachseeschwalbe

French: Sterne hansel

Japanese:  ハシブトアジサシ (Hashibuto-ajisashi)
 

Body length: 33-43 cm
Wing Span: 76-108 cm

Passage migrant
Breeding season: May-August

Egg number: 3 (occasionally 2-5)
Egg colour: Pale yellowish with dark or olive-brown spots and blotches.
Brood: 1 per year

Global status: Least Concern
Regional Status: Least Concern

Food: Insects, spiders, earthworms and small fishes.

Habitat: Nests in colonies on sandy islands, shallow lakes, to bare sand shores of saline soil in the valleys of lakes.. The nest is shallow hollow in soft and or soil, usually sparsely lined with nearby grasses. During migration they feed and rest with Common Terns and White-winged Terns on muddy shores and, and bars, mudflats, marshes, large rivers, lakes and ponds.

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