Fairy tern Fairy tern The fairy tern ("Sternula nereis") is a small tern which is native to the southwestern Pacific. It is listed as "Vulnerable" by the IUCN and the New Zealand subspecies is "Critically Endangered". There are three subspecies: The fairy tern is a small tern with a white body and light bluish-grey wings. The crown and nape is black. It can be distinguished from the little tern in that a black band extends no further than the eye and not as far as the bill. In the breeding plumage both the beak and the legs are yellowish-orange. During the rest
SY Tern accessible, though her facilities are not. a. SY is a ship prefix standing for steam yacht. When "Tern"s steam engines were replaced by diesel motors in 1956, the MY prefix, motor yacht, became appropriate. The prefix MV, motor vessel, is also used. b. The steam launches "Dolly" and "Esperance", and the steam barge , all in the collections of , are older, but have been out of service as museum exhibits for many years. SY Tern SY "Tern, now operating as MY "Tern, is a passenger vessel on Windermere, England. Launched in 1891 she was built for the steamer service