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Gull-billed Tern (Sterna nilotica)

Gull-billed Tern | Sterna nilotica photo

Gull-billed Tern

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Gull-billed Tern | Sterna nilotica photo

Gull-billed Tern in flight

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Gull-billed Tern | Sterna nilotica photo

Gull-billed Tern juvenile

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GULL-BILLED TERN FACTS

distribution map showing range of Sterna nilotica in Australia

Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Classification

Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Laridae
Genus:	Sterna
Species:	nilotica
Common Name:	Gull-billed Tern

Relatives in same Genus
  Little Tern (S. albifrons)
  Bridled Tern (S. anaethetus)
  Lesser Crested Tern (S. bengalensis)
  Crested Tern (S. bergii)
  Caspian Tern (S. caspia)
  Roseate Tern (S. dougallii)
  Sooty Tern (S. fuscata)
  Common Tern (S. hirundo)
  Fairy Tern (S. nereis)
  Arctic Tern (S. paradisaea)
  White-fronted Tern (S. striata)
  Black-naped Tern (S. sumatrana)
  Antarctic Tern (S. vittata)