Species Detail: Sterna dougallii
Taxonomy / Classification
Scientific Name: Sterna dougallii
 
Authority: (Montagu, 1813)
 
Synonyms:
 
Common Names:
Common Names Location Language
Meuchi Dutch Caribbean Papiamento
Roseate Tern Global English
 
 
Formal Taxonomy:
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Animalia Craniata Aves
(Birds)		 Charadriiformes
 Laridae Sterna
 
Taxonomic Comments:
 
General Species Description: Reproduction Comments:Eggs are laid mostly in May-June in the northern part of the range, Florida, and the Bahamas; youngest breeders may lay into July. Clutch size usually is 1-2. Incubation, by both sexes (mainly female), lasts 21-26 days. Young are tended by both parents, fly at 22-29 days, dependent for at least 6-8 weeks after fledging. First breeds at 2-4 years. In a two-year New York study, fish abundance affected reproductive performance (Safina et al. 1988). Ecology Comments:Predation does not appear to be major factor limiting productivity in the northeastern U.S. but apparently has resulted in concentration of breeding colonies in the few remaining predator-free sites available (Northeast Roseate Tern Recovery Team 1988). In Connecticut, minimum annual survival rate of breeding adults was about 0.75; this is relatively low among marine birds (Spendelow and Nichols 1989). Significant predators on eggs and chicks include land crabs in Puerto Rico (Burger and Gochfeld 1988; Condor 94:712-719).

Conservation Status
Status type Location Status Review date
IUCN Redlist Global En
Natureserve Global G4

Habitats Terrestrially widely distributed: No

No Habitats listed.

Distribution Status No Distributions listed.

Location Occurrence Status Description
Dutch Caribbean

Population No Population listed.

Threats No Threats listed.

Uses No Uses listed.

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References
Citation Author Reference Type
Birds of the Netherlands Antilles / Karel Hendrik Voous ; coloured plates by Henk J. Slijper. - Voous, Karel Hendrik. - 327 p. : ill., pl. ; 20 cm. - [2nd, rev. ed., English version]. - With bibliogr., index. - 1st ed.: 1955, Dutch version (De vogels van de Nederlandse Antillen). - 90-6011-157-5. - Zutphen : Walburg Pers, 1983 Voous, Karel Hendrik Published document

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