Black-bellied Tern
Sterna acuticaudaGray, JE, 1831
English (US) Black-bellied Tern
The Black-bellied Tern (Sterna acuticauda) 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: inland Indus Valley (Pakistan), sub-Himalayan India and Irrawaddy River (central Myanmar); formerly to southern China and VietnamRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sterna acuticauda
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Black-bellied Tern
- Described by
- Gray, JE, 1831
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Gray, JE, 1831
- Original description
- Illustrations of Indian zoology; chiefly selected from the collection of Major-General Hardwicke, F. R. S. 1, no.6 pl.70 fig.3
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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