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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
21/05/2024 03:05:18 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Yellow-billed Tern*
Id (Atlas):
Sternula superciliaris
Description (10 )
Yellow-billed Tern
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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.
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)... )
Listen to XC270957
Yellow-billed Tern (Sternula superciliaris ) [XC270957 ]
by Guillermo Treboux from Explornapo, Loreto, Peru (call)
Listen to XC686883
Yellow-billed Tern (Sternula superciliaris ) [XC686883 ]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Mostardas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (alarm call, flight 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:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Yellow-billed Tern see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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