Yellow-billed Tern (Sternula superciliaris)

Other Scientific Names
Sternula superciliaris [AOU checklist (1998 + supplements)]

Other Names (World)
Yellow-billed Tern, Amazon Tern

Family
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)

Size
23 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1819)

Habitat
Inland wetlands. From sea-level - 800 m.

Range (Guide)

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

Eastern Colombia east to the Guianas and south to north-eastern Peru and on to central Argentina (Buenos Aires).

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 (25)...)

Yellow-billed Tern (Sternula superciliaris) [XC794819]
by Dante Buzzetti from Rio Araguaia, Parque Estadual do Cant\u00e3o, Pium, Tocantins, Brazil (flight call)

Yellow-billed Tern (Sternula superciliaris) [XC64600]
by John V. Moore from Awala-Yalimapo, digue, French Guiana (call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Little Tern (Sternula albifrons), Saunders's Tern (Sternula saundersi), Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) and Peruvian Tern (Sternula lorata).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Yellow-billed Tern (Sternula superciliaris) - 10 files

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