Utah Bird Profile - Forster's Tern

Utah Bird Profile
Forster's Tern - Sterna forsteri

Name Roots: (ML. sterna, from OE. stern, starn, or tern, "tern" - for John R. Foster)

In Utah:

by Kent Keller

Nesting,
feeding,
characteristic behaviors:

Nests in a floating or in a ground in a platform or saucer nest. This species is not a cowbird host. This species is an insectivore: water surface gleaner; piscivore: water plunger.

Habitat:

Breeds in Utah in wetlands and water habitats.

How to find:

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

Occur. (CS)

(See Legend)

Abbreviations | References | Legend