South American Tern

South American Tern

Taxobox
name = South American Tern


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status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Charadriiformes
familia = Sternidae
genus = "Sterna"
species = "S. hirundinacea"
binomial = "Sterna hirundinacea"
binomial_authority = Lesson, 1831
synonyms =

The South American Tern ("Sterna hirundinacea") is a species of tern in the Sternidae family.It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, the Falkland Islands, Peru, and Uruguay.Its natural habitat is shallow seas.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/49260/all Sterna hirundinacea] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.


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