Avibase: Sterna dougallii (Roseate Tern)

Roseate Tern

Sterna dougallii Montagu, G 1813

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii	Irish Wildlife Sounds	2022-07-17	Carne, Wexford, County Wexford, Wexford (Ireland) (0 m)	nocturnal flight call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	741028 xeno-canto.org
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii	Irish Wildlife Sounds	2022-07-18	Carne, Wexford, County Wexford, Wexford (Ireland) (0 m)	flight call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	741023 xeno-canto.org
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii	Irish Wildlife Sounds	2022-07-09	Carne, Wexford, County Wexford, Wexford (Ireland) (0 m)	flight call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	741011 xeno-canto.org
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii	Paul Marvin	2014-05-25	Marathon Government Center, Monroe, Florida, United States, Monroe (United States)	-	66177331 macaulaylibrary.org
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii	Irish Wildlife Sounds	2022-07-18	Carne, Wexford, County Wexford, Wexford (Ireland) (0 m)	flight call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	741022 xeno-canto.org
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii	Paul Kelly	2025-07-24	Tacumshin Lake (East End), County Wexford, Wexford (Ireland) (0 m)	begging call, call, Grass rustling. - Adult with juvenile following. Nocturnal.	1024593 xeno-canto.org
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii	Ricardo Hevia	2021-09-09	Ortegal (near Cariño), A Coruña, Galicia, Cariño (Spain) (20 m)	nocturnal flight call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	673337 xeno-canto.org
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii bangsi	Geoff Carey	2021-08-24	Near Crooked Island, northeastern waters, Hong Kong, China (China) (0 m)	flight call - Mixed flock of Black-naped, Roseate and Bridled Terns around lightbuoy near harbour mouth. Normalised, 12dB HP filter at 700Hz. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	737591 xeno-canto.org
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii	Ricardo Hevia	2025-09-05	Ortegal (near Cariño), A Coruña, Galicia, Cariño (Spain) (20 m)	nocturnal flight call - [sono]	1036381 xeno-canto.org
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii	Ricardo Hevia	2024-09-02	Ortegal (near Cariño), A Coruña, Galicia, Cariño (Spain) (20 m)	nocturnal flight call - [sono]	931529 xeno-canto.org
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii	Irish Wildlife Sounds	2022-07-13	Carne, Wexford, County Wexford, Wexford (Ireland) (0 m)	nocturnal flight call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	741034 xeno-canto.org
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii	Paul Marvin	2014-05-25	Marathon, Monroe, Florida, Monroe (United States) (0 m)	flight call - flight between buildings from building where I presume they nest bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	196281 xeno-canto.org
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii	Paul Marvin	2014-05-23	Marathon, Monroe, Florida, Monroe (United States) (0 m)	flight call - at least one calling from pair circling building where I presume they nest bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	196287 xeno-canto.org
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii	Ricardo Hevia	2025-09-12	Ortegal (near Cariño), A Coruña, Galicia, Cariño (Spain) (20 m)	nocturnal flight call - [sono]	1039572 xeno-canto.org
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii	Ian Davies	07-08-2010	South Beach, Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, Barnstable (United States) (0 m)	Call (A) - Calls given from a flyover adult.	59500 xeno-canto.org
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii	Irish Wildlife Sounds	2022-07-15	Carne, Wexford, County Wexford, Wexford (Ireland) (0 m)	flight call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	741003 xeno-canto.org
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii	Irish Wildlife Sounds	2022-06-22	Ladys Island Chruch (near Our lady's Island), Wexford, County Wexford, Wexford (Ireland) (10 m)	flight call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	737111 xeno-canto.org
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii bangsi	Frank Lambert	2013-06-14	Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, Nago (Japan) (0 m)	flight call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	156089 xeno-canto.org
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii	Paul Kelly	2025-07-12	Carne, Wexford, County Wexford, Wexford (Ireland) (0 m)	call - [also] [sono]	1018343 xeno-canto.org
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii	Tristan Guillebot de Nerville	2022-06-11	Arrondissement de Quimper (near Fouesnant), Finistere, Brittany, Finistère (France) (0 m)	call - [sono]	894055 xeno-canto.org
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii	Parker Davis	2019-07-01	Stratton Island, York, Maine, United States, York (United States)	- Part of an hour-long recording that started at 8:18pm. Mics placed inside Roseate Tern natural rock burrow and left running. On July 1st, this nest (18) had 3 nestlings, 3-5 days old. Alarm and aggressive calls, contact calls, nestling vocalizations. I was working with Project Puffin actively monitoring the colony and this nest specifically. This recording did not cause any disturbance to the nest.	171678751 macaulaylibrary.org
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii	Ricardo Hevia	2024-09-09	Ortegal (near Cariño), A Coruña, Galicia, Cariño (Spain) (20 m)	nocturnal flight call - [sono]	933389 xeno-canto.org
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii	Alcides L. Morales Pérez	2024-07-29	, Manatí (Puerto Rico)	-	622018851 macaulaylibrary.org
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii bangsi	Geoff Carey	2021-08-24	Near Crooked Island, northeastern waters, Hong Kong, China (China) (0 m)	flight call - Mixed flock of Black-naped, Roseate and Bridled Terns around lightbuoy near harbour mouth. Normalised, 12dB HP filter at 700Hz. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	737586 xeno-canto.org

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