tern
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Laboratory testing confirmed the disease had infected a greater crested tern in the town of Robe, South Australia.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
You may see the California least tern, a protected bird that summers on SoCal beaches and then heads south to Mexico and Central America for the winter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
Five other seabirds were already on the list - the puffin, kittiwake, herring gull, roseate tern and arctic skua.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2024
For the study, scientists collected brain samples from four sea lions, one fur seal and a tern found dead at the most affected sea lion rookery in Argentina.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 28, 2024
Pantalaimon became a tern and flew to her branch for a second, to acknowledge that perhaps they had been insolent.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
