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Yellow-billed Tern
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species of bird
Species
Least Concernyellow-billed tern
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyLaridae
Habitatmarine
Observations1,249
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Sternula superciliaris
- Commons category
- Sternula superciliaris
- taxon common name
- chilreta-amazónica
- taxon range
- Alter do Chão
- short name
- S. superciliaris
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Encyclopedic overview
The yellow-billed tern (Sternula superciliaris) is a small seabird found in South America. It is a species of tern in the family Laridae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, and freshwater lakes.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yellow-billed Tern” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.