Species profile
Blac-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana
Quick answer
Local names Man Inèy (Sansundi), Man Gep (Soeparno 1977). Status Occasional visitor. Widespread and sometimes common in New Guinea waters (Beehler & Pratt 2016) but just two records for Biak and Supiori: 17 July 1994, 40 off Wundi (Padaido Islands) (D. Roberson, eBird checklist S 6813691); 6 August 2015: ten off Rani (N. Voaden, eBird checklist S 24512191).
- Scientific name
- Sterna sumatrana
- Family
- Laridae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Sterna
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Blac-naped Tern in your journal
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