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Common Tern

Sterna hirundo

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 70,564, February 52,117, March 81,656, April 128,464, May 185,224, June 201,975, July 216,126, August 185,867, September 136,460, October 101,857, November 55,659, December 43,502.
United States2,423,576
Alaska1,459,469
Michigan63,428
Ohio52,096
New Hampshire30,643
Virginia28,548
Texas27,063
California26,368
Maryland25,323
North Carolina22,140

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderShorebirds and Allies · Charadriiformes
FamilyGulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae
GenusTypical Terns · Sterna

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