Black-Naped tern (Sterna sumatrana)
Image Copyright Suthanai Krupanitch
Image: Dave Hinchliffe
Last Observed: June 2016 – Koh Chang
Last Observed By: Suthanai Krupanich, Dave Hinchliffe
The black-naped tern is a seabird found in tropical and subtropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Ocean.
Its characteristic black nape is band of black colour that runs from it’s eyes round the back of its head like some sort of cheap disguise. the rest of the bird is pale greay and white in colour and they are about 30cm in length.
Look out for them wheeling around the Koh Chang ferries.
