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Bridled tern

Birds

The bridled tern is a seabird of the family Laridae, found across the tropical oceans. Its scientific name comes from Ancient Greek, with the genus name built from words for claw and saw, and its species name anaethetus meaning senseless or stupid, a reference to the bird's notable tameness around humans. 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
Carnivore 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
Onychoprion anaethetus 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 5
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Laridae, Taxa
Source Bridled tern (Wikidata)

In Biome

Neritic Zone, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Onychoprion anaethetus
Open Ocean, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Onychoprion anaethetus
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Africa

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Australia

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Belgium

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Colombia

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Denmark

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Ecuador

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North America

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Norway

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South Asia

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Taiwan

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Venezuela

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Sources
1. NatureServe Explorer: Onychoprion anaethetus
NatureServe Explorer
  • Global rank (roundedGRank)
    "roundedGRank": "G5"
  • Animal characteristics: food habits
    Dives or swoops to pluck small fishes, crustaceans, squids, or marine water-striders from surface
  • In Biome: Open Ocean, Species characteristics: Pelagic
    "marineHabitatDescEn": "Pelagic"
  • 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. Bridled tern (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q28490 (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. Bridled 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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