Bird
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger
Names as given by USGS GAP.
Migratory in Florida, in the USGS range maps. Its habitat models include 2 habitats found here.
- Seasons here
- Migratory
- Breeding
- Nonbreeding
- Range
- 67 of 67 counties
- Habitats
- 2
At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Seasons in Florida
- Migratory
- Breeding
- Nonbreeding
- Counties in known range
- 67 of 67
- Habitat models
- Summer
Where it lives
Southeast habitat models (USGS, 2001 land cover). The bird is not in every place a habitat occurs. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models Summer model
Habitats in Florida 2
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there. Shared habitat, not food.
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.
Other habitats in its models (1)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Florida.
- South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer
Model settings
Settings in the USGS model, not field measurements.
- Summer model: Elevation up to 1,540 m
Habitat names: NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0.
Seasons in Florida
Modeled range from USGS maps (2001), by watershed. Not sighting records. Migratory gives no dates. USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps
- Migratory. Nonbreeding. Range includes 67 of 67 counties
Also found in this habitat
Wildlife 225
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Florida. Not sighting records.
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American WigeonAnas americana
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.