Breeding colonies of terns found in Adam's Bridge

Brown Noddy, Bridled Tern, Saunder's Tern, Little Tern, Greater Crested Tern and Roseate Tern breed in the sandbars

- S GODSON WISELY DASS @Thoothukudi

RESEARCHERS observed breeding colonies of six bird species including the Brown Noddy and five tern species at the sand bars of Adam's Bridge, also called the Ram Setu, along the Indian Maritime Boundary Line. Adam's Bridge, which is about 8 km southeast of Arichalmunai point in Rameswaram, consists of sand banks in the Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve that intermittently connects Rameswaram and Sri Lanka.

The study 'Breeding tern colonies on the sandbars of Adam's Bridge, India: new records and significance' was published on March 26 in the 'Journal of Threatened Taxa'. It documents the breeding colonies of five tern species including the Bridled Tern, Saunder's Tern, Little Tern, Greater Crested Tern and Roseate Tern in the sandbars of Adam's Bridge.