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The Caspian Tern is a large fishing bird found in various parts of the world that dives into water to catch fish as its main food source. It matters because as a top predator in aquatic ecosystems, it serves as an indicator of the health of fish populations and water environments.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Hydroprogne
- Mass
- +588
- Image
- Sterna-caspia-010.jpg
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- P105
- species
- P141
- Least Concern
- P183
- New Zealand
- P9714
- Burkina Faso
- P14254
- Near Threatened
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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.
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