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Gull-billed tern

Birds

The gull-billed tern is a tern in the family Laridae that is widely distributed and breeds in scattered localities across Europe, Asia, northwest Africa and the Americas. The Australian gull-billed tern was previously classified as a subspecies of it. 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
Insectivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
System (Realm)
Freshwater 2
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
G5 Secure 4
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 5
Scientific Name
Gelochelidon nilotica 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Laridae, Taxa
Source Gull-billed tern (Wikidata)

In Biome

Freshwater Marsh, Biomes
Source Gull-billed tern (Wikipedia)
Lake, Biomes
Source Gull-billed tern (Wikipedia)

In Ecosystem

Doñana, Ecosystems
Source Wikidata: European Rabbit
Additional Source Doñana National Park (Wikipedia)Article text
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Found In

Africa

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Australia

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Belgium

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Brazil

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Colombia

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Denmark

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Djibouti

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Ecuador

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Eritrea

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Kenya

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New Zealand

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North America

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Norway

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South America

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South Asia

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Spain

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Tanzania

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Ukraine

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Uruguay

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Venezuela

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Sources
1. Gull-billed tern (Wikipedia)
  • Lead
    It largely feeds on insects taken in flight, and also often hunts over wet fields and even in brushy areas, to take amphibians and small mammals.
  • Infobox: status
    LC
  • In Biome: Freshwater Marsh, Breeding
    The gull-billed tern breeds in colonies on lakes, marshes and coasts (including bays and earthen levees).
  • In Biome: Lake, Breeding
    The gull-billed tern breeds in colonies on lakes, marshes and coasts (including bays and earthen levees).
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2. GBIF Species API
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3. Gull-billed tern (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q18834 (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. NatureServe Explorer: Gelochelidon nilotica
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G5"
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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Aves
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 32
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 32
"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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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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Doñana National Park (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIn Ecosystem: Doñana, Article text
Quote, In Ecosystem: Doñana, Article text
The site also attracts many summer migrants, which can include purple heron, gull-billed tern, greater short-toed lark, short-toed eagle, European roller, western olivaceous warbler, Savi's warbler, little bittern, booted eagle, whiskered tern and rufous scrub robin.
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