Sterna repressa

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Charadriiformes/Laridae/Sterna

At a glance

Occurrence records9 331

Data sources8

Biological traits29

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Sterna repressa's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation12 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility9 297 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System34 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources29 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS9 331 records

01Narrative

The white-cheeked tern (Sterna repressa) is a species of tern in the family Laridae. It is found around the coasts on the Red Sea, around the Horn of Africa to Kenya, in the Persian Gulf and along the Iranian coast to Pakistan and western India.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBAVONETEltonTraitsSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology13

Beak depth6.4 mm

Beak length (culmen)40.6 mm

Beak length (nares)25.5 mm

Beak width3.8 mm

Body length35 cm

Body mass108 g

⚠ sources differ — AmnioteDB: 108 g · AVONET: 90 g · EltonTraits: 90 g · SeaLifeBase: 142 g

Body mass (male)128 g

Hand-wing index69

Kipp's distance166 mm

Secondary length74.8 mm

Tail length136 mm

Tarsus length18.2 mm

Wing length241 mm

Life cycle & reproduction3

Egg mass19.2 g

Litter size2

Litters per year1 /year

Diet & foraging6

Fish70 %

Invertebrate30 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheAquatic predator

Water around surface40 %

Water below surface60 %

Habitat & environment6

HabitatCoastal

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zoneothers

Migration2.0

Primary lifestyleAerial

Range size797 049 km²

Other traits1

Vulnerability25

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type9 331 records

Wild obs. + sensor9 298

Museum / vouchered19

Other14

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO4 476 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy93% within 1 km

≤100 m 193≤1 km 170≤10 km 18>10 km 10

391 georeferenced · 8 907 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor9 298

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy7% within 1 km

≤1 km 1≤10 km 12>10 km 1

14 georeferenced · 5 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence19

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions5 of 6 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Ann Arbor, US	11
Cambridge, US	2
National Museums of Kenyalocation not on record	2
South Kensington, GB	2
Copenhagen, DK	1
Berkeley, US	1

6 institutions · 19 of 19 vouchered records shown

At a glance

Sources8 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction3

Diet & foraging6

Habitat & environment6

Other traits1

Record type9 331 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions5 of 6 geolocated

Record type9 331 records