River Tern
Sterna aurantia
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyLaridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)
- GenusSterna (Typical Terns)
- SpeciesSterna aurantia (River Tern)
Closest Relatives at Kaziranga National Park
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Brown-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
Pallas's Gull
Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
Red-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus indicus
Bronze-winged Jacana
Metopidius indicus
Grey-headed Lapwing
Vanellus cinereus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · 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 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a River Tern in Kaziranga National Park?
About 14% of visitor-days record a River Tern sighting in Kaziranga National Park, based on 677 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see River Tern in Kaziranga National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for River Tern in Kaziranga National Park in our monthly data.