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Black Tern

Chlidonias niger

Passes through Alabama on migration. Found in all 67 counties, across 2 habitats.

Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 67 counties
Habitats
2

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 67 counties
Habitats
2
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Alabama 2

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 2

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Georgia pond and emergent wetland
SummerOpen Water (Fresh)Regional / representative. Shown: Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Georgia; representative pond ecosystem, a neighboring state.Georgia pond and emergent wetland, Robert 'Bob' Hynes, 1997. Public domain. Source record.

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Summer
Other habitats in its models (1)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Alabama.

  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Alabama

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in all 67 counties.

Also found in this habitat

Wildlife 196

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Alabama. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources