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title: "Brilstern"
description: "Onychoprion anaethetus — Vogels. The bridled tern (Onychoprion anaethetus) is a seabird of the family Laridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/bridled-tern
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brilstern

> Onychoprion anaethetus — Vogels. The bridled tern (Onychoprion anaethetus) is a seabird of the family Laridae.

- Scientific name: *Onychoprion anaethetus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 3031
- Wikidata: [Q28490](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28490)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144527](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144527)

## Names

- en: Bridled Tern
- de: Zügelseeschwalbe
- es: Charrán embridado
- fr: Sterne bridée
- nl: Brilstern
- pt: Gaivina-de-dorso-castanho
- pl: Rybitwa brunatnogrzbieta

## Countries with the most observations

AU (671), US (205), HK (196), MX (106), IN (91), PR (69), TW (65), NC (62), CN (58), ID (52), MY (48), EG (41)

## Summary

The bridled tern (Onychoprion anaethetus) is a seabird of the family Laridae. It is a bird of the tropical oceans. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. The genus comes from onux meaning "claw" or "nail", and prion, meaning "saw". The specific anaethetus means "senseless, stupid", in reference to its tameness around humans.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridled_tern

## Photo

![Brilstern](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bridled-tern/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/79367112

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bridled-tern?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).