Yellow-billed Tern
Sternula superciliaris(Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
English (US) Yellow-billed Tern
The Yellow-billed Tern (Sternula superciliaris) 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 large rivers from northern Colombia eastward to Guianas and southward to northeastern Peru and east-central Argentina; non-breeders concentrate mainly on coast and estuariesRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sternula superciliaris
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Yellow-billed Tern
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Sterna superciliaris
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
- Type locality
- Paraguay, ex Azara, no. 415.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 32 p.176
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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