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| Sterna aurantia |
JE Gray, 1831 |
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Family: Laridae |
Order: Charadriiformes |
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River tern |
Sterne de rivičre |
Charrán Indio |
Hinduseeschwalbe |
| Migration: partial |
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mainly sedentary, some short movements, few migratory |
Mainly a permanent resident, with some short nomadic movements. A few birds winter on seashores of S
Asia. (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: East Asia, South & Southeast Asia, West & Central Asia |
| Feedback: mail to Klaus Riede |
| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |