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Black Tern

Chlidonias niger

Passes through Mississippi on migration. Found in all 82 counties, across 2 habitats.

Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 82 counties
Habitats
2

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 82 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 Mississippi 2

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

1 of 2

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

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.

SummerOpen Water (Fresh)
Other habitats in its models (1)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Mississippi. Those recorded in Mississippi first, the rest by region.

Land cover and other classes (1)
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Mississippi

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in all 82 counties.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Mississippi, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Birds 152

Plants 26

All of disturbed and introduced wetlands in Mississippi

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Birds 81

Plants 200

All of ponds, lakes and their shores in Mississippi

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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