Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

California Least Tern

Sternula antillarum browni

Description:

An endangered subspecies of the least tern found on the Pacific Coast of the United States. This small species feeds on fish and aquatic invertebrates. It hovers above prospective food items before plunging down. However, unlike many other terns the least does not submerge itself fully when hunting, preferring to catch surface prey.

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

No Comments

StirredMocha
Spotted by
StirredMocha

California, USA

Spotted on Aug 13, 2014
Submitted on Aug 21, 2014

Related Spottings

Least Tern Least Tern Interior least tern Least Tern

Nearby Spottings

Snowy Egret Topsmelt Red-tailed Hawk Western Pygmy Blue
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team