Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Forster's Tern メリケンアジサシ(メリケン鯵刺)

Forster's Tern,メリケンアジサシ,メリケン鯵刺
S. forsteri; Genus: Sterna; Family: Sternidae
The Forster's Tern, Sterna forsteri, is a member of the tern family Sternidae. It breeds inland in North America and winters south to the Caribbean and northern South America.
This species is rare but annual in western Europe, and has wintered in Ireland and Great Britain on a number of occasions. No European tern winters so far north (wikipedia).

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