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Where does the Saunders's Tern live?

Sternula saundersi has 4,239 records in 28 countries and territories, from 1918 to 2026. Most records come from United Arab Emirates.

Saunders's Tern
Saunders's Tern — Photo: Original: hungryholobiont at inaturalist; this edit: MPF · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataAvesCharadriiformesLaridaeSternula

When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. 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.

Records over time

19182026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United Arab Emirates 978
Oman 792
India 586
Kenya 564
Saudi Arabia 265
Seychelles 185
Iran 123
Cocos Islands 121
Sri Lanka 113
Mozambique 83
Maldives 78
Djibouti 55
British Indian Ocean Territory 43
Bahrain 42
South Africa 41
Yemen 35
Qatar 34
Madagascar 24
Tanzania 19
Réunion 18
Pakistan 13
Egypt 8
Eritrea 8
Somalia 4
Mayotte 3
Ethiopia 2
Nigeria 1
Netherlands 1

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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.