SOUTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN BIRDS PHOTO GALLERY

Trinidad & Tobago Field Naturalists' Club    Southeastern Caribbean Bird Alert    Trinidad & Tobago Rare Bird Committee

GUADELOUPE

Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia)

Adult in Anse du Canal/Petit-Canal, Guadeloupe, 27th December 2001. Photo © by Alain Fossé. Note the heavy, red bill, relatively dark forehead, dark undersides of primaries, and short, slightly forked tail that distinguish this species from the Royal Tern (S. maxima).