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Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii Scientific name definitions

Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, Guy M. Kirwan, David Christie, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 30, 2017

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Distribution of the Great Crested Tern

Recommended Citation

Gochfeld, M., J. Burger, G. M. Kirwan, D. A. Christie, and E. F. J. Garcia (2020). Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii), 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.grcter1.01
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