Spectacled Tern
Onychoprion lunatus(Peale, TR, 1849)
English (US) Spectacled Tern
The Spectacled Tern (Onychoprion lunatus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Laridae (Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: breeds islets of tropical Pacific from Marianas and Samoa eastward to main Hawaiian Islands; ranges to northeastern Melanesia and far eastern PolynesiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Onychoprion lunatus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Spectacled Tern
- Described by
- (Peale, TR, 1849)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Sterna lunata
- Described by
- (Peale, TR, 1849)
- Type locality
- Vincennes Island, Paumotu Group.
- Original description
- Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. Vol. VIII: Mammalia and ornithology. 1st ed. 8 p.227
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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