SOUTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN BIRDS PHOTO GALLERY

Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club         Southeastern Caribbean Bird Alert         Trinidad and Tobago Rare Bird Committee

GUADELOUPE

Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)

First-winter immature in anse du Canal/Petit-Canal, Guadeloupe, 27 December 2001. Photo © by Alain Fossé. Second record and first documented record for Guadeloupe. Note the heavy, black facial patch that does not extend onto the nape, distinguishing this species from other potential Sterna tern species within the region.

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