. Bonner zoologische Monographien. Zoology. 97. 271 Bridled Tern (359) Sterna anaethetus anaethetus R? LM AM? (5-7) BR 6-8 uncommon on coast littoral habitats Remarks: Nesting on all islands with low vegetation, with lowest numbers in the southern Red Sea 272 Lesser Crested Tern (355) Sterna bengalensis par LM AM (3-11) BR 6-8 very common; vagrant inland httoral habitats; large rivers Remarks: Nesting in tight colonies on most Red Sea islands. One bird ringed at Khar- toum/White Nile in June 1982 (Nikolaus 1984 a). Numbers decrease on the Red Sea from December to February 273 Crested (Swift) T
. Bonner zoologische Monographien. Zoology. 97. 271 Bridled Tern (359) Sterna anaethetus anaethetus R? LM AM? (5-7) BR 6-8 uncommon on coast littoral habitats Remarks: Nesting on all islands with low vegetation, with lowest numbers in the southern Red Sea 272 Lesser Crested Tern (355) Sterna bengalensis par LM AM (3-11) BR 6-8 very common; vagrant inland httoral habitats; large rivers Remarks: Nesting in tight colonies on most Red Sea islands. One bird ringed at Khar- toum/White Nile in June 1982 (Nikolaus 1984 a). Numbers decrease on the Red Sea from December to February 273 Crested (Swift) Tern (356) Sterna hergii velox R? LM BR 6, 7 fairly common httoral habitats Remarks: Nesting only on the southern part of the Red Sea coast; rare on the coast during the breeding season 274 Caspian Tern (350) Sterna caspia PM (9-5) R LM A W S SU BR 5 common httoral habitats, large rivers and lakes Remarks: numbers breed on coast near islands. Up to 300 on autumn passage at Jebel Auha dam, regular wintering south to Sobat river. Two Swedish birds were reco- vered at Jebel Aulia dam and Sennar dam and a Russian ringed bird at Jebel Auha dam (, ). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bonn, Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig
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