Little Tern

Name: Little Tern

Scientific name: Sterna albifrons

Category: Birds

Nature Stars: 70

What are nature stars?

About: A small tern, about 25cm long. Silvery-grey above and white below, with a black cap and a white forehead. Tiny, yellowy-orange legs and yellow bill with a black tip. Little Terns nest on gravelly beaches in small colonies. They feed just offshore, hoverin

How to identify: Identified by the combination of tiny size, yellow bill with a black tip and black cap with a white forehead.

Where: A summer visitor to gravelly beaches around the coast.

Natural Superpowers

• Predator: 70
• Agility: 70
• Rarity: 80
• Cute factor: 60
• Traveller: 80

Fantastic fact: During their courtship, the male will present the female with a fish as a gift. How romantic!

Photograph credit: Photo credit tbc