Antarctic Tern (species: Sterna (Sterna) vittata) in Birds of Argentina (Gaia Guide)

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Sterna (Sterna) vittata

Antarctic Tern

©Serge Ouachée: Antarctic Tern (Sterna (Sterna) vittata)

©Liam Quinn: Antarctic Tern (Sterna (Sterna) vittata)

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Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Chordata

Class Aves

Order Charadriiformes

Family Laridae

Genus Sterna

Species Sterna (Sterna) vittata

Status least concern

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Distinguishing features

Its bill is usually a dark red or blackish. It is mainly pale grey and white, but has a black cap when breeding. In non-breeding plumage it has a grizzled crown and white forehead. The tips of this tern's wings are greyish black.The plumage of juveniles is white on the belly, foreneck, forehead, and breast. The back is grey and the bill is black. Immature birds have plumage similar to adult terns. (Wikipedia)