Aleutian Tern
Onychoprion aleuticus (Baird, SF, 1869) (0, 1)
Photo © By Don Henise - Aleutian Tern 2012-06-16 (2), CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25618501
STATUS
North Pacific coasts. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
This Pacific Ocean species was a first for the Western Palearctic and stayed two days around the Farne Islands.
BBRC RECORD
1979 Northumberland Farne Islands, adult, 28th to 29th May, photo.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 73: 513; A. E. Dixey, A. Ferguson, R. Heywood & A. R. Taylor, British Birds 74: 411-416, plates 238-244; BOURC (1984), Ibis 126: 441).
