Snowy-crowned Tern

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Snowy-crowned Tern
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Sternidae
Genus: Sterna
Species: S. trudeaui
Binomial name
Sterna trudeaui
Audubon, 1838

The Snowy-crowned Tern or Trudeau's Tern (Sterna trudeaui) is a species of tern in the Sternidae family. It is found in Argentina, south-east Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. It has occurred as a vagrant in the Falkland Islands. Its natural habitats are swamps, shallow seas, and intertidal marshes.

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