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Caspian Tern

Hydroprogne caspia

826Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
29Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr3
May116
Jun249
Jul384
Aug66
Sep1
Oct4
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England216
2Lincolnshire England82
3Nottinghamshire England80
4Leeds England43
5Cambridgeshire England40
6Suffolk England39
7Gloucestershire England37
8East Riding of Yorkshire England27
9Cheshire East England26
10Kent England20
11Carmarthenshire Wales20
12Dorset England11
13Doncaster England11
14Devon England7
15Rutland England4
800 England2 Scotland22 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 29 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
826
Peak month
July
Counties with records
29
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Hydroprogne caspia
Group
Birds
Conservation designations
Birds Directive, Convention on Migratory Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Laridae
Genus
Hydroprogne
Name with authority
Hydroprogne caspia (Pallas, 1770)
Described
1770
Contributing datasets
5

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q27129 · GBIF 2481236