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South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea Scientific name definitions

Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, Eduardo de Juana, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 15, 2017

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Distribution of the South American Tern - Range Map
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Distribution of the South American Tern

Recommended Citation

Gochfeld, M., J. Burger, E. de Juana, and E. F. J. Garcia (2020). South American Tern (Sterna hirundinacea), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.soater1.01
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