Large-billed Tern - Summertime on the Shoreline
A bird a day keeps the chaos away
Large-billed Tern
LABTER
Phaetusa simplex
ORDER: Charadriiformes
FAMILY: Laridae
Southwest Florida Coast, summer birds edition
I don’t know about you, but when someone tells me the identification is “unmistakable” it means for me, it is, in fact, mistakeable. If I saw a bunch of terns and gulls, I am going to mis-ID half of them and cause my husband a large amount of frustration. I just make the posts. I’m no expert. /laughs
Also, it appears this guy is taking a cat nap.
Unmistakable large noisy tern, with a long, thick yellow bill, black crown, three-toned wings (black outer wing, pale middle, and gray inner wing), and a gray tail. Juveniles have a browner crown and wings. Found along large rivers and lakes and seasonally on the coast.
For more information about identifying birds, we suggest the following websites:
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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