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Gaviiformes
Gaviidae
Podicipediformes
Podicipedidae
Pelecaniformes
Pelecanidae
Phalacrocoracidae
Ciconiiformes
Ardeidae
Threskiornithidae
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Phoenicopteridae
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Columbidae
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Cuculidae
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Strigidae
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Caprimulgidae
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Apodidae
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Alcedinidae
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Upupidae
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Picidae
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Hirundinidae
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Motacillidae
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Bombycillidae
Pycnonotidae
Cinclidae
Troglodytidae
Prunellidae
Sylviidae
Regulidae
Dicruridae
Muscicapidae
Paradoxornithidae
Aegithalidae
Paridae
Sittidae
Certhiidae
Ploceidae
Fringillidae
Emberizidae

Sterna albifrons (Little Tern)


English: Little Tern
Russian: Малая крачка
Mongolian: Хурган хараалай
German: Zwergseeswalbe
French: Sterne naine 
Japanese:  コアジサシ (Ko-ajisashi)

Body length: 22-28 cm
Wing Span: 47-55 cm

Passage migrant
Breeding season: May-August

Egg number: 2-3
Egg colour: Creamy with brown or dark grey spots, blotches, speckles.
Brood: 1 per year

Global status: Least Concern
Regional Status: Least Concern

Food: Small fishes, insects, crustaceans, annelid worms and molluscs

Habitat: Nests in small colonies or in pairs on sandy and pebbly beaches, islands and on the shores of rivers and lakes with fishes. The nest is a shallow hollow, usually unlined, or sparsely lined with nearby plants. On migration, they from flocks consisting of 3-30 individuals, ad feed and rest on sandy an stony shores of lakes, sand bars, banks of rivers and large creeks.

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