Tern

Hydroprogne caspia

Beak

—

Feet

—

Crest

Has a crest

Breeds in Pakistan, Gujarat and Sri Lanka; widespread in winter. Large size and broad-winged/ short-tailed appearance. Huge red bill and black underside to primaries. Adult breeding has complete black cap. Adult non - breeding has black-streaked crown and black mask; bill is duller, with more black a ttip. First-winter and first-summer are similar to adult non - breeding, but show faint dark lesser-covert a ndsecondary bars and dark-tipped tail (but upper.wing appears much plainer than in Lesser and Great Crested Terns). Juvenile hes narrow dark subterminal bars to scapulars and wing-coverts; forehead a ndcrown are more heavily marked, almost forming dark cap. Formerly placed in Stsma. Coastal mudflats, saltpans, tidal creeks, brackish lakes and lagoons, large inland lakes and rivers, and marshes.