noordse dief

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Tanım

•a bird that is either a common tern (Sterna hirundo) or an arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea), but which cannot be determined with certainty

Etimoloji

Literally, “nordic thief”, a blend of noordse stern (“arctic tern”, literally “nordic tern”) + visdief (“common tern”, literally “fish-thief”). These two tern species resemble each other a great deal visually and distinguishing features based on which an exact determination can be made are often difficult to spot from a distance in the field, especially by casual observers. This has led some…