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   (Found mainly along the south part of the east and west coasts and along the south coast of the US)
  

Juvenile "begging" for food

   Royal Tern
   Thalasseus maximus
 Quintana, Texas
 3 Oct 2009
  
 by Margaret Sloan
 ©Margaret Sloan
   Royal Tern
   Thalasseus maximus
 Galveston, Texas
 18 Sep 2013
  
 by Margaret Sloan
 ©Margaret Sloan
   Royal Tern
   Thalasseus maximus
 Key West, Florida
 16 Jun 2009
  
 by Jari Uitto
 ©Jari Uitto