Description: Size of a starling, black terns are almost entirely slate-grey, with the head, neck and chest next to uniformly black. Their length is 22-24 cm.
Habitat: Black terns are common, residing on over-grown and shallow still water, slow rivers, thinner bayous, and short-grown moors. They often settle in mixed colonies with other terns, gulls, and grebes.
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