British Birds by Picture - Terns

Identify the tern species by picture. Species names according to the British Ornithologists' Union's "The British List" - https://bou.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/British-List.pdf This quiz includes the following genera: - Gelochelidon - Sterna - Thalasseus - Sternula - Chlidonias - Onychoprion - Hydroprogne
This quiz uses Adult Male Summer (and when applicable Breeding) Coats for reference
Answers ordered by their binomial scientific name in ascending alphabetical order
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Chlidonias hybrida
Chlidonias leucopterus
Chlidonias niger
Gelochelidon nilotica
Hydroprogne caspia
Onychoprion aleuticus
Onychoprion anaethetus
Onychoprion fuscatus
Sterna dougallii
Sterna forsteri
Sterna hirundo
Sterna paradisaea
Sternula albifrons
Sternula antillarum
Thalasseus acuflavidus
Thalasseus bengalensis
Thalasseus elegans
Thalasseus maximus
Thalasseus sandvicensis
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