A tern with a yellow bill and a deeply forked tail. It flies over rivers and lakes in South Asia and catches fish.
Breeding adults have a black crown and nape, yellow bill and legs, narrow wings, and a forked tail. The sexes look similar.
It circles over rivers and lakes to search for fish, then dives to catch them. It also eats small crustaceans and insects and nests on sandy islands.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.