Editing Forster's tern (section)

==Description==
[[File:Juvenile Forster's tern calling for its parent (96328).jpg|thumb|Juvenile calling in Queens, New York]]
Forster's tern is a medium-sized tern with a slender body, deeply forked long tail and relatively long legs.<ref name="ARKive">{{cite web|title=Forster's tern|url=http://www.arkive.org/forsters-tern/sterna-forsteri/|website=ARKive|access-date=13 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013153633/http://www.arkive.org/forsters-tern/sterna-forsteri/|archive-date=13 October 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Cornell">{{cite web|title=Forster's tern|url=https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Forsters_Tern/id|website=The Cornell Lab of Ornithology|access-date=12 October 2016}}</ref>

In its non-breeding plumage, the crown is white and a black comma-shaped patch covers the eye and the ear-covert.<ref name="ARKive" /><ref name="Cornell" /><ref name="Sibley">{{cite book|last1=Sibley|first1=David Allen|title=The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America|publisher=Knopf|location=New York|edition=2nd}}</ref> The wings are gray with the [[Flight feather|primaries]] being dark silvery gray, while the underside is white.<ref name="ARKive" /><ref name="Cornell" /> The bill is black and the legs are a dull brownish red.<ref name="ARKive" />

When breeding, an intense black cap extending down the neck appears. The wings and the back are pale gray while the underside is bright white. It has a black-tipped orange bill and bright orange legs.<ref name="ARKive" /><ref name="Sibley" />

The juveniles have coloring similar to a non-breeding adult but often have darker primaries.<ref name="ARKive" />