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| Phaetusa simplex |
(Gmelin, 1789) |
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Family: Laridae |
Order: Charadriiformes |
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Large-billed tern |
Sterne à gros bec |
Charrán picudo |
Großschnabel-Seeschwalbe |
Winters on rivers and coast. Common throughout year on Guyana coast, with lower numbers May-Aug when
breeding. Accidental in West Indies, Bermuda Panama, and North America (Illinois, Ohio, New Jersey).
(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, South America |
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |