Large-billed Tern (Phaetusa simplex)

Argentina, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay (B), USA, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 25,000 - 100,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (36)...)

Large-billed Tern (Phaetusa simplex) [XC589897]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Finca San Jorge, Morelia\/Caquet\u00e1, Colombia (flight call)

Large-billed Tern (Phaetusa simplex) [XC615833]
by Guillermo Treboux from Ci\u00e9naga de Palagua,Puerto Boyaca, Boyaca, Colombia (song)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

simplex (Gmelin, 1789) - Eastern Colombia east to Trinidad, and south through Amazonia; western Ecuador.
chloropoda (Vieillot, 1819) - Basins of R Paraguay and R Paraná south-west to north-central Argentina (Santiago del Estero, very rarely Cordoba). Non-breeding visitor to Uruguay.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Large-billed Tern (Phaetusa simplex) - 10 files

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