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Aleutian Tern (Onychoprion aleuticus)

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Class: Aves
Family: Laridae
Common Name: Aleutian Tern
Genus: Onychoprion
Species Name: aleuticus

About The Aleutian Tern

The Aleutian Tern breeds in the north Pacific Ocean on the coasts of Sakhalin and Kamchatka, Russia, on the Bering and Pacific coasts of Alaska (USA) and on the Aleutian Islands (USA). It is strongly migratory, wintering off Indonesia and Malaysia1.



Rights Holder: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Bibliographic Citation: BirdLife International 2012. Onychoprion aleuticus. In: IUCN 2014 . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1 . <www.iucnredlist.org>

Trips Where Observed

Alaska

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United States
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Sites Where Observed

Location
Date
Notes
7/17/2014
Tern with white forehead and black bill.

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