South American Tern

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South American Tern

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Sternidae
Genus: Sterna
Species: S. hirundinacea
Binomial name
Sterna hirundinacea
Lesson, 1831

The South American Tern (Sterna hirundinacea) is a species of tern in the Sternidae family. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, the Falkland Islands, Peru, and Uruguay. Its natural habitat is shallow seas.

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