Snowy-crowned Tern
Sterna trudeauiAudubon, JJ, 1838
English (US) Snowy-crowned Tern
The Snowy-crowned Tern (Sterna trudeaui) 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: coastal lagoons and marshes of coastal Aconcagua to Llanquihue provinces (central Chile) and southeastern Brazil and Uruguay to inland east-central ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sterna trudeaui
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Snowy-crowned Tern
- Described by
- Audubon, JJ, 1838
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Sterna Trudeaui
- Described by
- Audubon, JJ, 1838
- Type locality
- Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey
- Original description
- The Birds of America; from original drawings 4 pl.409 fig.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls
Greater Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
West African Crested Tern
Thalasseus albididorsalis
Lesser Crested Tern
Thalasseus bengalensis
River Tern
Sterna aurantia
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea
South American Tern
Sterna hirundinacea
Antarctic Tern
Sterna vittata
Kerguelen Tern
Sterna virgata
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
White-cheeked Tern
Sterna repressa
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