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Inca Tern

Larosterna inca

The Inca Tern is a unique bird with a striking gray body and a funny mustache! They love to live near the ocean and can often be seen flying over the waves.

Lebensraum: Coastal areas

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The Inca Tern is a distinctive slate-gray seabird with bright red feet and a red beak. Its most unique feature is the curled white 'mustache' plumes that grow from the base of its bill, making it instantly recognizable along the coast.

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Inca Tern
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Inca Tern

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

An Inca Tern's squawk sounds like a cat's meow mixed with a seagull's cry!

Inca Tern eggs are often camouflaged to look exactly like the rocky nests they are laid in!

Their bright red feet glow like embers, helping them grip slippery, wave-washed rocks!

These stylish birds often share their noisy nesting cliffs with Humboldt Penguins and other seabirds!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Dive Master

Inca Tern can plunge into water at high speed because of its streamlined body, helping it catch fish.

Fähigkeit

Moustache Magic

Inca Tern has distinctive white facial plumes that help them attract mates with a stylish display.

Fähigkeit

Cliff Dweller

Inca Tern can nest on steep coastal cliffs because of strong claws, protecting eggs from predators.

Maße und Details

Länge
39-42 cm
Flügelspannweite
76-80 cm
Gewicht
0.18-0.24 kg
Lebenserwartung
15-20 Jahre
Top Speed
70 km/h
Gelegegröße
1-2
Brutzeit
28-30 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These birds mostly eat small fish, diving gracefully into the ocean to catch them with ease.

Hauptnahrung

  • Peruvian Anchovy
  • South American Pilchard
  • hake

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Peruvian Anchovy

Engraulis ringens

primary food source in the Humboldt Current.

eats

South American Pilchard

Sardinops sagax

dives for these small fish in coastal areas.

eaten by

Kelp Gull

Larus dominicanus

preys on eggs and small chicks.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always watch birds from a distance and don't try to touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Inca Tern?

39-42 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Inca Tern?

76-80 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Inca Tern?

0.18-0.24 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Inca Tern?

15-20 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Inca Tern?

70 km/h

Was frisst Inca Tern?

These birds mostly eat small fish, diving gracefully into the ocean to catch them with ease.

Wo findet man Inca Tern normalerweise?

Coastal areas

Wie jagt Inca Tern?

Pursuit

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