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Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Native
- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Laridae
- Genus
- Gelochelidon
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The gull-billed tern is a tern in the family Laridae. It is widely distributed and breeds in scattered localities in Europe, Asia, northwest Africa, and the Americas. The Australian gull-billed tern was previously considered a subspecies.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- PAL, AF, OR, NA, MA, SA : widespread inland, south-west Europe to north-east China; coastal China; coastal west North Atlantic and Caribbean; coastal south California and Mexico; coastal South America and inland north-central Argentina
- Non-breeding range
- To subtropical and tropical coasts, rivers and lakes worldwide (except remote is.)
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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