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Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)

Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)

Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)



Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) Royal Tern (Sterna maxima) Royal Tern (Sterna maxima)

Class: Aves
Family: Laridae
Common Name: Royal Tern
Genus: Thalasseus
Species Name: maximus

About The Royal Tern

The Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) is a large white tern with an orange-yellow bill and a black crest. It is common along many tropical and subtropical shores of the Americas and West Africa. (Kaufman 1996; AOU 1998)



Rights Holder: Shapiro, Leo

Trips Where Observed

Argentina
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Mexico
Mexico to Panama
Mexico, Baja California Sur
Mexico, Nayarit
Mexico, Veracruz
Puerto Rico
Texas

Member Lifelists

Argentina
California
Mexico
New Jersey
North America
South America
United States
World

Sites Where Observed

Location
Date
Notes
6/17/2007
Saw only one, could have been Caspian.
10/10/2007
3/18/2009
1/31/2024
Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
2/3/2024

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