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Black Tern

Chlidonias niger

Passes through North Carolina on migration. Found in all 100 counties, across 2 habitats.

Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 100 counties
Habitats
2

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 100 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 North Carolina 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 North Carolina. Those recorded in North Carolina first, the rest by region.

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

All habitats

Seasons in North Carolina

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in all 100 counties.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in North Carolina, 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 120

Plants 23

All of disturbed and introduced wetlands in North Carolina

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Birds 90

Plants 211

All of ponds, lakes and their shores in North Carolina

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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