River Tern

Sterna aurantia - Sterne de rivière

Sterne de rivière
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Laridés

  • Genus
    :

    Sterna

  • Species
    :

    aurantia

Descriptor

Gray, JE, 1831

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 46 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 80 à 85 cm.
  • Weight
    : -
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Sterne de rivière
adult plum. breeding
Sterne de rivière

River Tern (Sterna aurantia) is a species of bird in the Laridae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Sterne de rivière,
  • Charrán indio,
  • gaivina-ribeirinha,
  • Goldschnabel-Seeschwalbe,
  • folyómenti csér,
  • Rivierstern,
  • Sterna di fiume,
  • indisk flodtärna,
  • Flodterne,
  • rybár zlatozobý,
  • rybák říční,
  • Flodterne,
  • jokitiira,
  • xatrac fluvial,
  • rybitwa indyjska,
  • Индийская крачка,
  • カワアジサシ,
  • 黄嘴河燕鸥,
  • นกนางนวลแกลบแม่น้ำ,
  • 黃嘴河燕鷗,

Voice song and call

Sterne de rivière
adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Sterne de rivière
adult plum. transition

Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Mud Flats and Salt Flats

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

QRcode Sterne de rivière
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