Kerguelen tern - Sterna virgata

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Sterna virgata
Author Cabanis, 1875
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 176919
Common Names English: Kerguelen Tern
French: Sterne des Kerguelen
Spanish: Charrán de las Kerguelen
Portuguese: trinta-réis-das-kerguelen
Current Standing valid
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)

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ITIS TSN176919
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
    NT (Global)
#records (spatial)11
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets3
Year2002 - 2007
Latitude-38.67 - -24.05
Longitude25.66 - 77.62
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