The white tern goes by a host of other names like fairy tern, angel tern, white noddy, and the common white tern.

It is linked to the little white tern, which used to be a subspecies but has since become a species of its own. Just as its name shows, the white tern is a flying image of white.

The whole plumage is white, making the tern even whiter than most of the birds we’ve mentioned so far. Only the eyes and bill are black.

You’d often find white terns close to coasts as they feed on small fish, and they are sometimes prey to giant tortoises.