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Refined Colorimetry Validates Endangered Subspecies of the Least Tern
The Condor, 1998In contrast to the results of Thompson et al. (1992), refined colorimetry validates three subspecies of Least Tern in North America, Sterna antillarum antillarum (Lesson), S. a. browni Mearns, and S. a. athalassos Burleigh and Lowery. Four of nine color characters exhibited significant seasonal differences, presumably a result of plumage wear and ...
Johnson, Ned K. +2 more
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CALIFORNIA LEAST TERN CHICK PREDATION BY GREATER ROADRUNNER
The Southwestern Naturalist, 2006Abstract We present the first documented account of adult greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) feeding on California least tern chicks (Sterna antillarum browni). This predation event occurred at a designated nesting site within Batiquitos Lagoon, San Diego County, California, in 1996.
Adam W. Whelchel, Kevin C. Lansford
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European Rabbits as Potential Least Tern Nest Predators
Northeastern Naturalist, 2011Abstract After the complete destruction of a Sterna antillarum (Least Lern) nesting colony on Lovells Island in Boston Harbor in 2007, we set remote-sensing cameras over artificial tern nests in an effort to identify potential nest predators. In addition to Corvus brachyrhynchos (American Crows) and Rattus norvegicus (Brown Rats), Oryctolagus cuniculus
Lauren E. Nolfo-Clements +1 more
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The Least Tern in the Mississippi Valley
Bird-Banding, 1957O. L. Austin,, John William Hardy
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Least Tern (Sternula antillarum)
The Birds of North America Online, 1997Bruce C. Thompson +5 more
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An Artificial Nest Structure for Least Terns
Bird-Banding, 1979Robert W. Loftin, Leslie A. Thompson
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