Caspian Tern

About this species

This species has 2,552,522 occurrence records from 188 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (57.5%), Canada (8.8%), Sweden (7.7%), Australia (7%) and Finland (2.4%); together they account for 83.3% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.13% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Hydroprogne caspia combines the genus name Hydroprogne with the species epithet caspia. It is the only species of the genus Hydroprogne in the Warbla app catalog.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 101 species of the family Laridae. This species ranks 10th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Larus delawarensis. Its record count is 2.9 times the family average (874,525). The family Laridae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Laridae

• Ring-billed Gull
• Lesser black-backed gull
• European Herring Gull
• American Herring Gull
• Black-headed Gull
• Great Black-backed Gull
• Common Gull

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org