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Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda Scientific name definitions

Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, and Eduardo de Juana
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 3, 2017

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Distribution of the Black-bellied Tern - Range Map
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  • Year-round
  • Migration
  • Breeding
  • Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Black-bellied Tern

Recommended Citation

Gochfeld, M., J. Burger, and E. de Juana (2020). Black-bellied Tern (Sterna acuticauda), 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.blbter1.01
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