Saunders's Tern

Saunders's TernSaunders’s Tern is a small seabird that breeds on African and Asian coasts and islands bordering the northern Indian Ocean. At the Farasan Islands, parents spent more time at the nest when temperatures moved away from the range suitable for the eggs.What does it look like?It is a small tern and a seabird that nests on the ground along coasts and islands.How does it live?Saunders’s Tern is a small seabird that breeds on African and Asian coasts and islands bordering the northern Indian Ocean. At the Farasan Islands, parents spent more time at the nest when temperatures moved away from the range suitable for the eggs.At the Farasan Islands, parents spent more time incubating during hot and cold periods when temperatures moved away from the eggs’ suitable range.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.