Peruvian Tern
Sternula lorata(Philippi, RA; Landbeck, CL, 1861)
English (US) Peruvian Tern
The Peruvian Tern (Sternula lorata) 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 patchily on arid Humboldt Current coasts of central Ecuador southward to northern Chile; winters coastally in same regionRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sternula lorata
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Peruvian Tern
- Described by
- (Philippi, RA; Landbeck, CL, 1861)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Sterna lorata
- Described by
- (Philippi, RA; Landbeck, CL, 1861)
- Type locality
- Arica Bay, Tacna, Chile.
- Original description
- Anales de la Universidad de Chile 19 p.612
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls
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Sternula balaenarum
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Little Tern
Sternula albifrons
Yellow-billed Tern
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Saunders's Tern
Sternula saundersi
Least Tern
Sternula antillarum
Large-billed Tern
Phaetusa simplex
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Australian Tern
Gelochelidon macrotarsa
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
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