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 Keoladeo National Park
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Brown-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
Pallas's Gull
Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
Indian Skimmer
Rynchops albicollis
Red-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus indicus
Bronze-winged Jacana
Metopidius indicus
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Hydrophasianus chirurgus
📅 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 Keoladeo National Park?
About 26% of visitor-days record a River Tern sighting in Keoladeo National Park, based on 483 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see River Tern in Keoladeo National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for River Tern in Keoladeo National Park in our monthly data.