Common tern (species: Sterna hirundo) in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Sterna hirundo
Common tern


©Badjoby: Common Tern flying at Fire Island, New York, USA with a fish in it mouth.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Sternidae
Genus Sterna
Species Sterna hirundo
Status least concern

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Distribution


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References

  • Smith, G.C. (1987). The birds of Eagle Island, a tropical sand cay on the northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia, The Sunbird, 17(1): 1-11. LIRS catalog number 245.
  • Smith, G.C. and R.C. Buckley (1986). Eagle Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Corella, 10(3): 81-83. LIRS catalog number 278.