White Tern - Gygis alba

Gygis blanche

White Ternadult breeding, pigmentation, courting display, Behaviour

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  • pigmentation
  • courting display
  • comportement
  • pair
  • adult
  • breeding
  • Charrán blanco común
  • tinhosa-branca
  • Feenseeschwalbe
  • Gygis alba
  • Charadriiformes

The species

Classification

Order  : Charadriiformes
Family : Laridae
Species : White Tern

Geographic range by countries


specie's pictures

by the author
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The picture

O.Net ref. : lixa86105
Author :
Plumage : adult, breeding

Shooting

date : 2010 Mar
Country : Sweden (se)
Region : Seychelles
Place : Cousine Cousine
Lat. : 4° 20' 59'' South
Lng. : 55° 37' 18'' East

Exif Data [+] [-]



Model : NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D300
Exposure : 1/400 s

aperture : 5.6

Focal length : 500 mm

Iso : 560

Flash : no