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Caspian Tern

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Caspian Tern

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Also known as Hydroprogne caspia

species of bird

OverviewAI-generated

The Caspian Tern (*Hydroprogne caspia*) is a species of bird within the family Laridae. It belongs to the order Charadriiformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata. The taxon was described by Pallas in 1770 and is currently accepted as a valid species. Its IUCN conservation status is Least Concern, a designation assigned in 2019, though it holds a regional status of Near Threatened.

This marine-habitat bird has a wingspan of 133.5 and a mass of 680. Its range includes the Nanling Mountains, South America, Africa, and Burkina Faso. The species is also endemic to the Little Rann of Kutch, Bakkhali, and New Zealand. Common names for the species include Raubseeschwalbe, Pagaza piquirroja, and morwennol gawraidd.

Synthesized by Vinony from 26 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, WoRMS, IUCN Red List, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

Caspian tern

Species

  1. PhylumChordata
  2. ClassAves
  3. OrderCharadriiformes
  4. FamilyLaridae
Habitatmarine

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Hydroprogne
Mass
588
Image
Sterna-caspia-010.jpg
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taxon rank
species
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
taxon name
Hydroprogne caspia
Commons category
Hydroprogne caspia
Commons gallery
Hydroprogne caspia
taxon common name
Trobaky
wingspan
133.5
endemic to
New Zealand
taxon range
Burkina Faso
external data available at URL
www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c
regional conservation status
Near Threatened
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Encyclopedic overview

The Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) is the world's largest species of tern, with a subcosmopolitan but scattered distribution. Despite its extensive range, it is monotypic of its genus, and has no accepted subspecies. The genus name is from Ancient Greek hudro-, "water-", and Latin progne, "swallow". The specific caspia is from Latin and, like the English name, refers to the Caspian Sea.

Description

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