Snowy-crowned Tern
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| Snowy-crowned Tern | |
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| Adult feeding a juvenile in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 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.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Sterna trudeaui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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