Black Tern - Chlidonias niger

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Chlidonias niger
Author (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 176959
Common Names English: Black Tern
French: Guifette noire
Spanish: Charrán negro
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Laridae
            Genus: Chlidonias
Taxonomic Children Subspecies: Chlidonias niger niger
Subspecies: Chlidonias niger surinamensis
Synonyms (since 1950)
Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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ITIS#176959
StatusIUCN:LC
#records745
#datasets18
Years1977 - 2002
Latitudes20.54 - 56.42
Longitudes-123.81 - 21.06