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Yellow-billed Tern

Sternula superciliaris

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25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Argentina.January 10, February 14, March 9, April 22, May 19, June 25, July 38, August 46, September 55, October 40, November 15, December 12.
Argentina305
Brazil263
Santa Fe234
Mato Grosso144
Uruguay74
Peru68
Rio Grande do Sul51
Loreto42
Buenos Aires35
Rocha30

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

Traits

Behavioral

Classification

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

Sources

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