Gull-billed tern - Gelochelidon nilotica

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Gelochelidon nilotica
Author (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 176882
Common Names French: Sterne hansel
Spanish: Charrán pico grueso
English: Gull-billed Tern
Spanish: Pagaza piconegra
Portuguese: trinta-réis-de-bico-preto
Portuguese: tagaz
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Laridae
            Genus: Gelochelidon
Taxonomic Children Subspecies: Gelochelidon nilotica affinis
Subspecies: Gelochelidon nilotica aranea
Subspecies: Gelochelidon nilotica gronvoldi
Subspecies: Gelochelidon nilotica nilotica
Subspecies: Gelochelidon nilotica vanrossemi
Synonyms (since 1950)

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Physical Description / Field Identification

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ITIS TSN176882
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
    -
Status - Red List, IUCN
    LC (Global)
    LC (Europe)
#records (spatial)2,426
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets26
Year1900 - 2019
Latitude-43.85 - 51.30
Longitude-96.01 - 175.33
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