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| Sterna nilotica |
Gmelin, 1789 |
Gelochelidon nilotica |
Family: Laridae |
Order: Charadriiformes |
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Gullbilled tern |
Sterne hansel |
Pagaza piconegra |
Lachseeschwalbe |
| Migration: intercontinental |
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European birds disperse in all directions after breeding; then migrate across Spain, Italy and N Africa to W
Africa, Rift Valley and coastal E Africa; others of nominate race winter E to India, and occasionally Indonesia,
while E Asian breeders winter mostly in SE Asia. E North American birds migrate to SE USA and Gulf of
Mexico; some cross to Pacific; some winter along Costa Rican coast; others reach even Brazil and Peru. Birds of
W North America winter from W Mexico to Ecuador, vagrant to west Indies: In E Australia; species nomadic;
may wander to remote lakes in interior after rains, and remain to breed. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A,
Sargatal J (eds), 1996)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1996) - www.hbw.com,
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| Regions: Caribbean Islands, East Asia, Europe, Mesoamerica, North Africa, North America, North Asia,
Oceania, South & Southeast Asia, South America, Sub-Saharan Africa, West & Central Asia |
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |