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Least tern

Birds

The least tern is a species of tern that breeds in North America and locally in northern South America. It is closely related to, and was formerly often considered the same species as, the little tern of the Old World, and its other close relatives include the yellow-billed tern and Peruvian tern, both of South America. 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
G4 Apparently Secure 1
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Scientific Name
Sternula antillarum 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 5
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Laridae, Taxa
Source Least tern (Wikidata)

In Biome

Estuary, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Sternula antillarum
Intertidal Zone, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Sternula antillarum
Lake, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Sternula antillarum
Neritic Zone, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Sternula antillarum
Riparian Zone, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Sternula antillarum
River, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Sternula antillarum
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Australia

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Brazil

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Colombia

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Ecuador

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North America

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Norway

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South America

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Uruguay

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Venezuela

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. NatureServe Explorer: Sternula antillarum
NatureServe Explorer
  • Global rank (roundedGRank)
    "roundedGRank": "G4"
  • Animal characteristics: food habits
    Eats mainly small fishes
  • In Biome: Riparian Zone, Species characteristics: Riparian
    "palustrineHabitatDescEn": "Riparian"
  • In Biome: Lake, Species characteristics: Deep water
    "lacustrineHabitatDescEn": "Deep water"
  • In Biome: River, Species characteristics: BIG RIVER
    "riverineHabitatDescEn": "BIG RIVER"
  • 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
GBIF Species APIView the Source
3. Least tern (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q28168 (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
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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5. Least 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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