Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyLaridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)
- GenusOnychoprion (Brown-backed Terns)
- SpeciesOnychoprion anaethetus (Bridled Tern)
Closest Relatives at Coiba National Park
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Elegant Tern
Thalasseus elegans
Larus pipixcan
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Sabine's Gull
Xema sabini
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coiba National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 5 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 8 | Noosa National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Jaragua National Park | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 11 | Las Baulas Marine National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 13 | Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 14 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 15 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 16 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Bridled Tern in Coiba National Park?
About 8% of visitor-days record a Bridled Tern sighting in Coiba National Park, based on 13 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Bridled Tern in Coiba National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Bridled Tern in Coiba National Park in our monthly data.