{"id":63877,"date":"2025-09-17T13:01:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T07:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=63877"},"modified":"2025-09-17T16:53:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T11:23:26","slug":"saunderss-tern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/saunderss-tern\/","title":{"rendered":"Saunders\u2019s Tern"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Saunders\u2019s Tern Latest News<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Saunders\u2019s Tern was sighted at Adyar Estuary in Chennai.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Saunders\u2019s Tern<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saunders\u2019s terns (Sternula saundersi) are a small, <\/span><b>ground-nesting marine bird species.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a species of bird in the <\/span><b>family Laridae.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0It is sparsely resident along the shores of the <\/span><b>north-western Indian Ocean.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Geographical Range of Saunders\u2019s terns :<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saunders\u2019s terns <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0breeds in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/red-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\">Red Sea<\/a><\/strong> and Persian Gulf to islands between India and Sri Lanka; apparently winters mainly Seychelles to Maldives and Cocos (Keeling) Island.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This species occupies a variety of coastal areas: estuaries, shallow tropical and subtropical inshore waters, tidal lagoons, and harbors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Food:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Its diet comprises many kinds of marine animals, such as small fish, crustaceans, and mollusks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It nests on the ground up to 2 km inland on uncovered sandy sites, shingles, or dried mud.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Breeding Season:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The breeding season for the Saunders\u2019s tern is between <\/span><b>March and June.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Conservation Status of <\/b><strong>Saunders\u2019s terns :<\/strong> <b>Least Concern (<\/b> <b>IUCN Red List).<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about the Adyar Estuary<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>formed by the Adyar River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the point at which the river meets the <\/span><b>Bay of Bengal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies between Santhome beach in the north and Elliots Beach in the south.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/saunderss-tern-sighted-at-adyar-estuary\/article70049548.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saunders\u2019s Tern is a small, ground-nesting marine bird species. 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