Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteriNuttall, T, 1834
English (US) Forster's Tern
The Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) 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 inland central Alberta eastward to central Manitoba (south-central Canada) patchily southward to northern Baja California (northwestern Mexico), Colorado, and the Great Lakes, also North Atlantic coast from New Jersey to North Carolina, and Gulf coast southward to northern Tamaulipas (northeastern Mexico); winters to Gulf coast, Bahamas, Cuba, and southern MexicoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sterna forsteri
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Forster's Tern
- Described by
- Nuttall, T, 1834
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Sterna Forsteri
- Described by
- Nuttall, T, 1834
- Type locality
- Banks of the Saskatchewan between Cumberland House and Lake Winnipeg, ex Swainson and Richardson, Fauna Bor. Am., 2, 1831, p. 412.
- Original description
- A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada, 1st ed. ed. 1, vol. 2 p.274
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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