Snowy-crowned Tern
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| Snowy-crowned Tern | |
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| Adult feeding a juvenile in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Sternidae |
| Genus: | Sterna |
| Species: | S. trudeaui |
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| Sterna trudeaui Audubon, 1838 |
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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.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2004. Sterna trudeaui. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
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