SOUTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN BIRDS PHOTO GALLERY

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

GUADELOUPE

Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)

First-winter immature in Anse du Canal/Petit-Canal, Guadeloupe, 27 December 2001. Photo © by Alain Fossé. Second record (first documented record) for Guadeloupe. Note the heavy black facial patch that does not extend onto the nape, distinguishing this species from other potentialSternatern species within the region.