Snowy-crowned tern
Appearance
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Adult feeding a juvenile in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
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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.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Sterna trudeaui. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.