Birds of the Upper Cumberland Region: Species Accounts
Least Tern (Sternula antillarum)
Abundance: Occasional (1 record in 1 Kentucky county)
Status: Transient during fall (1 record); photograph (see link below).
Information on Records:
3 August 2006 (1 adult) Clifty Pond, Pulaski County, Kentucky (Roseanna M. Denton photo and unpubl. data).
Regional Extreme Dates:
Spring: no records.
Fall: 3 August 2006 (1 adult; Pulaski County, Kentucky; Roseanna M. Denton); no other records.
Habitat:
YardWatch Results 2003 and 2004: no registrations.
Remarks:
Counties with Observations (boldfaced):
| Barren | Metcalfe | Adair | Russell | Pulaski |
| Monroe | Cumberland | Clinton | Wayne | McCreary |
| Macon | Clay | Pickett | Fentress | Scott |
| Smith | Jackson | Overton | Putnam | Morgan |
| DeKalb | White | Cumberland | ||
| Warren | Van Buren | Bledsoe |
To see a map (Figure 1) displaying the data in the table above, click on the boldfaced word in this sentence.
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