Kerguelen Tern - Sterna virgata

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Sterna virgata
Author Cabanis, 1875
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 176919
Common Names English: Kerguelen Tern
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Laridae
            Genus: Sterna
Taxonomic Children Subspecies: Sterna virgata mercuri
Subspecies: Sterna virgata virgata
Synonyms (since 1950)
Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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Links

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ITIS#176919
StatusIUCN:NT
#records3
#datasets1
Years2003
Latitudes-38.67 - -37.77
Longitudes77.55 - 77.62