Black-fronted Tern

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Black-fronted Tern
Conservation status
Endangered
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Sternidae Genus: Chlidonias Species: C. albostriatus
Binomial name
Chlidonias albostriatus (Gray, 1845)

The Black-fronted Tern (Chlidonias albostriatus ) also known as Sea Martin, Ploughboy, Inland Tern, Riverbed Tern or Tara, is a small tern generally found in or near bodies of fresh water in New Zealand.

[edit] Reference

• BirdLife International (2004). Sterna albostriata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 27 March 2007. Database entry includes justification for why this species is endangered