Utah Bird Profile
Black Tern - Chlidonias niger

Name Roots: (Gr. chelidon, "a swallow" - L. niger, "black")
In Utah:   
Nesting,
feeding,
characteristic behaviors:		 Nests in a floating or in a ground in a platform or scrape nest. This species is not a cowbird host. During the breeding season, this species is an insectivore: freshwater surface gleaner air hawker water plunger.
  
Habitat: Breeds in Utah in wetlands habitat.
  

by Paul Higgins

Other Photos - ID / Song
How to find:  
 

|   USGS Profile  (Geological Survey)   |  US Winter Range    |   US Summer Range Map    |
  

Occur. (FS)

(See Legend)

Abbreviations  |  References  |  Legend  

Return to the Utah Birds Home Page