RarityFairly Common
Height24 cm
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"Whiskered Terns are highly nomadic, moving widely in response to changing water levels and seasonal rains."
Field Guide
Whiskered Tern
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The Whiskered Tern is a marsh tern found across most of mainland Australia, favouring freshwater wetlands and vegetated lagoons rather than open seas; often seen gliding and picking food delicately from the water’s surface.
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Top Locations
Curated birding spots where the Whiskered Tern has been recorded.
- Hughenden Recreational Lake🔥 ActiveQueensland · 2 species · seen 14 days ago
- Karumba🔥 ActiveQueensland · 2 species · seen 13 days ago
- St. Lawrence Wetlands Lookout/Bird Hide🔥 ActiveQueensland · 1 species · seen 9 days ago
- Townsville Town Common Conservation Park🔥 ActiveQueensland · 78 species · 83 sightings · seen 16 days ago
- Arakwal National ParkNew South Wales · 2 species · seen 148 days ago
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