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Royal tern

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The royal tern, Thalasseus maximus, is a tern in the family Laridae. It is endemic to the Americas, though vagrant individuals have been recorded in Europe. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Classification

Diet

Piscivore 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

System (Realm)

Marine 2

Living or Extinct

Yes 3

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

G5 Secure 1

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 4

Scientific Name

Thalasseus maximus 3

Conservation Status

Least Concern 5

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Royal tern (Wikidata)

In Biome

Source NatureServe Explorer: Thalasseus maximus

Intertidal Zone

Source NatureServe Explorer: Thalasseus maximus

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Antigua and Barbuda

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Dominican Republic

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Saint Kitts and Nevis

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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Trinidad and Tobago

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Sources

1. NatureServe Explorer: Thalasseus maximus

NatureServe Explorer

Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G5"
Animal characteristics: food habits
Eats mainly fishes up to about 10 cm long
In Biome: Estuary, Species characteristics: River mouth/tidal river
"estuarineHabitatDescEn": "River mouth/tidal river"
In Biome: Intertidal Zone, Species characteristics: Tidal flat/shore
"estuarineHabitatDescEn": "Tidal flat/shore"
In Biome: Neritic Zone, Species characteristics: Near shore
"marineHabitatDescEn": "Near shore"

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2. GBIF Species API

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3. Royal tern (Wikidata)

Wikidata

Wikidata Q28423 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
Child Taxon Of: Laridae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain

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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Aves

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 32

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"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Aves","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Aves","language":"ES"},{"name":"Birds","language":"EN"},{"name":"Oiseaux","language":"FR"},{"name":"鸟纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]

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5. Royal tern (Wikipedia)

Infobox: status

Quote, Infobox: status

LC

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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Laridae

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 480

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 480

"cites_listing":"I/NC","eu_listing":"A/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Aves","order":"Charadriiformes","family":"Laridae"},"synonyms":[{"id":35007,"full_name":"Gelochelidon nilotica","author_year":"(Gmelin, 1789)","rank":"SPECIES"},{"id":33900,"full_name":"Hydroprogne tschegrava","author_year":"(Lepechin, 1770)","rank":"SPECIES"}],"common_names":[{"name":"Mouette Relique","language":"FR"},{"name":"Gull","language":"EN"},{"name":"Gaviotas, Charranges","language":"ES"},{"name":"鸥科","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]

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