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Updated 1/14/2023

Family Laridae

CIRCUMTROPICAL / HAWAII

Gygis alba

White Tern & chick, Lisianski Island

Lisianski Island, NWHI

 

Midway Atoll

Eastern Island, Midway Atoll

 

Boat House, Midway Atoll

Boat House, Midway Atoll

WHITE or FAIRY TERN    MANU-O-KU

Common around the NW Hawaiian Islands and urban Honolulu where it nests in large trees including Monkeypods, where it is the official city bird.  It feeds upon a variety of small pelagic fishes and squid.

Hui Manu-o-Ku