River Tern
Sterna aurantiaGray, JE, 1831
English (US) River Tern
The River Tern (Sterna aurantia) 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: rivers of Indus Valley (Pakistan), sub-Himalayan India, northwestern and central Myanmar, southwestern China, and southeastern Cambodia (formerly also southern Vietnam)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sterna aurantia
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- River Tern
- Described by
- Gray, JE, 1831
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Gray, JE, 1831
- Type locality
- India.
- Original description
- Illustrations of Indian zoology; chiefly selected from the collection of Major-General Hardwicke, F. R. S. 1, no.5 pl.69 fig.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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