Avibase: Sterna sumatrana (Black-naped Tern)

Black-naped Tern

Sterna sumatrana Raffles, TS 1822

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

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana sumatrana	Geoff Carey	2021-08-24	Near Crooked Island, northeastern waters, Hong Kong, China (China) (0 m)	call - Part of mixed post-breeding flock of Black-naped, Roseate and Bridled Terns. Normalised, 24dB at 1kHz.	783439 xeno-canto.org
Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana	Lim Ying Hien	2022-04-24	Rompin District (near Tioman Island), Pahang, Mersing (Malaysia) (70 m)	adult, call, juvenile, sex uncertain - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	719849 xeno-canto.org
Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana sumatrana	Geoff Carey	2021-08-24	Near Crooked Island, northeastern waters, Hong Kong, China (China) (0 m)	call - Part of mixed post-breeding flock of Black-naped, Roseate and Bridled Terns. Normalised, 24dB at 700Hz.	783441 xeno-canto.org
Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana	Lim Ying Hien 林勇贤	2025-05-26	Pulau Tenggol, Terengganu, Dungun (Malaysia) (170 m)	call, flight call - [sono]	1080803 xeno-canto.org
Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana	Mark Hogarth	2026-05-11	, Trat (Thailand)	-	657196369 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana sumatrana	wu555	2025-06-19	洞头,Wenzhou, Zhejiang, Wenzhou (China) (15 m)	alarm call, call - [sono]	1026343 xeno-canto.org
Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana	Ross Gallardy	2014-08-10	Ogimi, Okinawa Prefecture, Ogimi (Japan) (0 m)	call - calls from flying bird bird-seen:yes	191036 xeno-canto.org
Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana sumatrana	Ding Li Yong/Audrey Ngo	2024-07-14	Bintan Pesisir, Bintan Regency, Riau Islands, Bintan Archipelago (Indonesia) (0 m)	call, flight call - [sono]	920577 xeno-canto.org
Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana sumatrana	Lim Ying Hien	2024-04-20	Yan offshore, Kedah, Yan (Malaysia) (-20 m)	flight call - [sono]	897369 xeno-canto.org
Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana	lim ying hien	2022-04-24	, Pahang (Malaysia)	-	440781491 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana	Peter Boesman	2015-05-26	Ishigaki-jima, south-west coast, Ishigaki Island (Japan)	call - [sono]	286036 xeno-canto.org
Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana sumatrana	Geoff Carey	2021-08-24	Near Crooked Island, northeastern waters, Hong Kong, China (China) (0 m)	call - Part of mixed post-breeding flock of Black-naped, Roseate and Bridled Terns. Normalised, 24dB at 500Hz.	783438 xeno-canto.org
Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana	Ross Gallardy	2014-08-10	Ogimi, Okinawa Prefecture, Ogimi (Japan) (0 m)	call - calls from sitting bird bird-seen:yes	191034 xeno-canto.org
Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana sumatrana	Geoff Carey	2021-08-24	Near Crooked Island, northeastern waters, Hong Kong, China (China) (0 m)	call - Part of mixed post-breeding flock of Black-naped, Roseate and Bridled Terns. Normalised, 24dB at 500Hz.	783440 xeno-canto.org
Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana sumatrana	Joshua Chong	2024-06-20	Pulau Tengah (near Mersing), Johor, Mersing (Malaysia) (10 m)	alarm call, call, flight call - [sono]	915005 xeno-canto.org
Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana sumatrana	Lim Ying Hien	2023-04-24	Tioman Island, Pahang, Mersing (Malaysia) (70 m)	alarm call - I used a kayak to get closer to Tern, so can heard the waves in my record	842554 xeno-canto.org
Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana	Ross Gallardy	2014-08-10	Ogimi, Okinawa Prefecture, Ogimi (Japan) (0 m)	call - bird-seen:yes	191033 xeno-canto.org
Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana	Joshua Chong	2024-06-20	, Johor (Malaysia)	-	620694927 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana sumatrana	Lim Ying Hien	2024-04-20	Yan offshore, Kedah, Yan (Malaysia) (-20 m)	flight call - can hear the mechanical sound of fishing boats pulling nets.	897368 xeno-canto.org
Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana	Lim Ying Hien 林勇贤	2025-05-26	Pulau Tenggol, Terengganu, Dungun (Malaysia) (170 m)	call, flight call - [sono]	1080802 xeno-canto.org
Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana	Ross Gallardy	2017-07-27	Likupang Timur, Kabupaten Minahasa Utara, Sulawesi Utara, Sulawesi Utara Province (Indonesia) (0 m)	call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	413931 xeno-canto.org
Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana	Ross Gallardy	2014-08-10	Ogimi, Okinawa Prefecture, Ogimi (Japan) (0 m)	call - calls from flying bird bird-seen:yes	191035 xeno-canto.org
Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana sumatrana	Ding Li Yong/Audrey Ngo	2024-07-14	Bintan Pesisir, Bintan Regency, Riau Islands, Bintan Archipelago (Indonesia) (0 m)	call, flight call - [sono]	920899 xeno-canto.org
Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana	Lim Ying Hien 林勇贤	2025-05-26	Pulau Tenggol, Terengganu, Dungun (Malaysia) (170 m)	call, flight call - [sono]	1080804 xeno-canto.org

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