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Black Tern

Chlidonias niger

Passes through Virginia on migration. Found in all 133 counties and cities, across 2 habitats.

Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 133 counties and cities
Habitats
2

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 133 counties and cities
Habitats
2
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Virginia 2

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

1 of 2

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Yellow butterwort beside a moss-hung coastal pond
SummerOpen Water (Fresh)Regional / representative. Shown: Southern coastal pond margins, Florida and Louisiana to North Carolina; state not identified, a neighboring state.Yellow butterwort beside a moss-hung coastal pond, Marian Ellis Rowan, 1901. 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 Virginia.

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

All habitats

Seasons in Virginia

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in all 133 counties and cities.

Also found in this habitat

Wildlife 198

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

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

Sources