Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Larosterna
- Mass
- +180
- Image
- Larosterna inca3.jpg
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- P105
- species
- P141
- Near Threatened
- P9714
- South America
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The Inca tern (Larosterna inca) is a near-threatened species of tern in the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae (the gulls, terns, and skimmers). It is found along the Pacific coasts of Chile, Ecuador and Perú, and has appeared as a vagrant in Central America and Hawaii.
Taxonomy and systematics