Possible Saunders's Terns on Cocos Islands

["Mike Carter" <>]

On 23 November 2006 Ian McAllan photographed some small terns on South 
Island in the Cocos (Keeling) group. It is suggested that the birds are 
Saunders's Terns, a species which closely resembles Little Tern. Debate as 
to their identity continues. So far, the species has not been confirmed for 
Australian Territory but it is on the Supplementary List. They breed from 
the Red Sea east to Pakistan and migrate from there SE to the Maldives and 
the Malay peninsula so their occurrence on Cocos would not be too 
surprising. 

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