Editing Roseate tern (section)

{{Short description|Bird in the family Laridae}}
{{For|the racehorse|Roseate Tern (horse)}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = 2021-07-10 Sterna dougallii, St Marys Island, Northumberland 15.jpg
| image_caption = Nominate ''S. d. dougallii'' with all-black bill, [[Northumberland]], UK
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 13 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=''Sterna dougallii'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T22694601A132260491 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22694601A132260491.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Sterna
| species = dougallii
| authority = [[George Montagu (naturalist)|Montagu]], 1813
| range_map = Sterna dougallii map.svg
}}

The '''roseate tern''' ('''''Sterna dougallii''''') is a species of [[tern]] in the family [[Laridae]]. The genus name ''Sterna'' is derived from [[Old English]] "stearn", "tern",<ref name=OED>{{OED|Sterna}}</ref> and the specific ''dougallii'' refers to Scottish physician and collector Dr [[Peter McDougall (physician)|Peter McDougall]] (1777–1814).<ref name=job>{{cite book | last= Jobling | first= James A | year= 2010| title= The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url= https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling | publisher= Christopher Helm | location = London | isbn = 978-1-4081-2501-4 | page = [https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n139 139]}}</ref> "Roseate" refers to the bird's pink breast in breeding plumage.<ref name=OED2>{{OED|Roseate}}</ref>