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Where does the Caspian Tern live?

Hydroprogne caspia has 2,537,117 records in 184 countries and territories, from 1790 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Caspian Tern
Caspian Tern — Mdf / CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesCharadriiformesLaridaeHydroprogne

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 1,466,139
Canada 223,605
Sweden 193,595
Australia 177,280
Finland 59,910
New Zealand 51,652
Denmark 36,800
Mexico 36,701
South Africa 36,602
Taiwan 34,009
Netherlands 32,585
Spain 20,783
India 20,533
France 18,626
Portugal 10,894
Israel 10,531
United Arab Emirates 6,737
Thailand 5,374
Cuba 5,126
Gambia 5,026
Senegal 4,549
Sri Lanka 4,105
Belize 3,541
Germany 3,524
Oman 3,429
Colombia 3,308
China 3,303
Åland Islands 3,038
Namibia 2,763
Poland 2,413
Egypt 2,214
Greece 2,163
Kuwait 2,141
Costa Rica 1,812
Guatemala 1,786
Türkiye 1,762
Morocco 1,668
Saudi Arabia 1,543
Estonia 1,522
Italy 1,477

Showing the top 40 of 184 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.