Nature Seychelles - White tern (Gygis alba) with its egg on Cousin Island, Seychelles. These birds lay their eggs directly on a branch without constructing a nest. 📷 Yan Coquet ⠀ #cousinisland #
![The white tern (Gygis alba) or manu-o-Kū in Hawaiian is unusual among terns in that it doesn't make a nest, instead laying a single egg directly on the surface of a branch. The white tern (Gygis alba) or manu-o-Kū in Hawaiian is unusual among terns in that it doesn't make a nest, instead laying a single egg directly on the surface of a branch.](https://i.redd.it/7vnw5azjio751.jpg)
The white tern (Gygis alba) or manu-o-Kū in Hawaiian is unusual among terns in that it doesn't make a nest, instead laying a single egg directly on the surface of a branch.
![white or fairy tern with egg gygis alba laid directly on branch lord howe island, south pacific - SuperStock white or fairy tern with egg gygis alba laid directly on branch lord howe island, south pacific - SuperStock](https://cdn.superstock.com/4141/Comp/4141-34120.webp)
white or fairy tern with egg gygis alba laid directly on branch lord howe island, south pacific - SuperStock
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