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Bridled Tern

Onychoprion anaethetus

244Records since 2000
JunePeak month
6Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr10
May22
Jun100
Jul50
Aug18
Sep0
Oct44
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Fife Scotland9
2Gwynedd Wales8
3Aberdeenshire Scotland4
4Suffolk England1
5East Lothian Scotland1
6Shetland Islands —1
146 England16 Scotland8 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 6 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
244
Peak month
June
Counties with records
6
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Onychoprion anaethetus
Group
Birds
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Laridae
Genus
Onychoprion
Name with authority
Onychoprion anaethetus (Scopoli, 1786)
Described
1786

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q28490 · GBIF 5789286