Cabot's tern
| Cabot's tern | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Suborder: | Lari |
| Family: | Sternidae |
| Genus: | Thalasseus |
| Species: | T. acuflavidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Thalasseus acuflavidus (Cabot, 1847) | |
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T. a. acuflavidus in non-breeding plumage, Venice beach, Florida
Cabot's tern (Thalasseus acuflavidus) is a bird in the Sternidae family recently separated from the Sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis). It has since been shown to be more closely related to the elegant tern (Thalasseus elegans).[1]
Distribution and Subspecies
The species is widely distributed in the Americas.
There are two subspecies:
- T. a. acuflavidus − (Cabot, 1847): eastern North America to southern Caribbean.
- T. a. eurygnathus – (Saunders, 1876): islands off Venezuela and the Guianas, northern and eastern South America.
Gallery
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Cabot's Tern in Flight, Sanibel, Florida
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Cabot's Tern in North Carolina
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Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus, south of Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala
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Cabot's Tern From The Crossley ID Guide Eastern Birds
References
- ↑ "Coursers, noddies, gulls, terns, auks and sandgrouse". International Ornithological Congress. Retrieved 2015-01-11.