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Aphia taxon details

Sterna virgata Cabanis, 1875

Kerguelen tern (Sterna virgata) 1

AphiaID

225962 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225962)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Sterna Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Sterna virgata Cabanis, 1875

Environment

marine, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2026). Sterna virgata Cabanis, 1875. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225962 on 2026-09-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-04-20 12:16:00Z

created

Charbonneau, Danny

2011-04-08 06:18:06Z

checked

Adriaens, Peter

[taxonomic tree] [clear cache]

basis of record Woehler E.J. (compiler) 2006. Species list prepared for SCAR/IUCN/BirdLife International Workshop on Antarctic Regional Seabird Populations, March 2005, Cambridge, UK. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
Dutch	kerguelenstern	[details]
English	Kerguelen tern	[details]
French	Sterne de Kerguelen	[details]
German	Kerguelenseeschwalbe	[details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (66 publications)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To ITIS

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Kerguelen tern (Sterna virgata) 1

Kerguelen tern (Sterna virgata) 2

Sterna virgata

Aphia taxon details

Sterna virgata Cabanis, 1875

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