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Sterna virgata Cabanis, 1875

Kerguelen tern (Sterna virgata) 1
Kerguelen tern (Sterna virgata) 1

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

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Tetrapoda (Megaclass)
  7. Reptilia (Superclass)
  8. Aves (Class)
  9. Charadriiformes (Order)
  10. Laridae (Family)
  11. Sterna (Genus)
  12. Sterna virgata (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
WoRMS (2025). Sterna virgata Cabanis, 1875. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225962 on 2025-07-01
Date
action
by
2006-04-20 12:16:00Z
created
Charbonneau, Danny
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z
checked
Adriaens, Peter

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Nomenclature

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  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

    Definitions

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LanguageName 
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
From editor or global species database
Kerguelen tern (Sterna virgata) 1
Kerguelen tern (Sterna virgata) 1
Kerguelen tern (Sterna virgata) 2
Kerguelen tern (Sterna virgata) 2
Sterna virgata
Sterna virgata

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