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Tern

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Terns are birds that live near water.

Birds of Sweden 2016 08.jpg
Birds of Sweden 2016 08.jpg
They have long tails and thin wings. Most have grey backs and white bellies.
Sterna hirundo -Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge, Massachusetts, USA -adult and juvenile-8.jpg
Sterna hirundo -Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge, Massachusetts, USA -adult and juvenile-8.jpg
They can run well on the ground. Can you see a tern fly?

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File:Birds of Sweden 2016 07.jpg
Birds of Sweden 2016 07.jpg
File:Birds of Sweden 2016 08.jpg
Birds of Sweden 2016 08.jpg
File:Larosterna inca4.jpg
Larosterna inca4.jpg
File:White tern with fish.jpg
White tern with fish.jpg
File:Anous minutus by Gregg Yan 02.jpg
Anous minutus by Gregg Yan 02.jpg
File:Sterna fuscata.JPG
Sterna fuscata.JPG
File:Yellow-billed tern Sternula superciliaris.jpg
Yellow-billed tern Sternula superciliaris.jpg
File:Large-billed Tern (Phaetusa simplex), Pantanal, Brazil.jpg
Large-billed Tern (Phaetusa simplex),...
File:Sterna-caspia-010.jpg
Sterna-caspia-010.jpg
File:Gull-billed Tern in Koonthalulam, India, by Dr. Tejinder Singh Rawal.jpg
Gull-billed Tern in Koonthalulam, India,...
File:Larosterna inca3.jpg
Larosterna inca3.jpg
File:White-winged Tern, Mścichy, Biebrzański Park Narodowy, Polska.jpg
White-winged Tern, Mścichy, Biebrzański...

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