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Species
Kerguelen tern
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyLaridae
De kerguelenstern (Sterna virgata) is een zeevogel uit de familie van de meeuwen (Laridae) en de geslachtengroep sterns (Sternini).
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Near Threatened
- taxon name
- Sterna virgata
- Commons category
- Sterna virgata
- taxon common name
- gaivina-das-kerguelen
- wingspan
- 71
- egg incubation period
- 24
- litter size
- 2
- short name
- S. virgata
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Encyclopedic overview
The Kerguelen tern (Sterna virgata) is a tern of the Southern Hemisphere.
This seabird mainly breeds colonially in the Kerguelen Islands, as its common name implies. However, smaller colonies are also found in the Prince Edward Islands (i.e. Prince Edward and Marion) and Crozet Islands. The total number of individuals is from 3,500 to 6,500 birds, although there is no recent data from the main colony at Kerguelen. These birds do not inhabit Kerguelen proper, instead nesting on islets free of feral cats. During bad weather, they are known to abandon their colonies.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kerguelen Tern” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.