Large-billed tern

Large-billed tern
	at Cuiaba river, Pantanal, Mato Grosso state, Brazil
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Laridae
Genus:	Phaetusa; Wagler, 1832
Species:	P. simplex
Binomial name
	Phaetusa simplex; (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

The large-billed tern (Phaetusa simplex) is a species of

vagrant in Aruba, Bermuda, Cuba, Panama and the United States. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes

.

Taxonomy

The large-billed tern was

monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.^[5]

Description

The large-billed tern is large, short-tailed tern with a large yellow bill. It is around 38 cm (15 in) in overall length and weighs 208–247 g (7.3–8.7 oz). The crown and ear-coverts are black, the upperparts are grey, the secondaries, primary coverts, lores and underparts are white. The legs and feet are yellow. A non-breeding adult has a paler crown and forehead.^[7]

Gallery

Phaetusa simplex - Large-billed Tern (young).jpg Juvenile at Lagoa do Peixe National Park, Tavares, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil
Large-billed Tern (Phaetusa simplex), Pantanal, Brazil.jpg In the Pantanal, Brazil
Large-billed tern (Phaetusa simplex) in flight.JPG In the Pantanal, Brazil
Large-billed tern (Phaetusa simplex) in flight 2.JPG In the Pantanal, Brazil

References

doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22694791A93468502.en
. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

^ Gmelin, Johann Friedrich (1789). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae : secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (in Latin). Vol. 1, Part 2 (13th ed.). Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Georg. Emanuel. Beer. p. 606.

^ Latham, John (1785). A General Synopsis of Birds. Vol. 3, Part 2. London: Printed for Leigh and Sotheby. p. 355, No. 7.

^ Wagler, Johann Georg (1832). "Neue Sippen und Gattungen der Säugthiere und Vögel". Isis von Oken (in German). 1832. cols 1218–1235 [1224].

^
Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Noddies, gulls, terns, skimmers, skuas, auks"
. IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 November 2022.

ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4
.

ISBN 978-84-87334-20-7
.

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[iucn_status_12_November_2021-1] doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22694791A93468502.en
. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[2] Gmelin, Johann Friedrich (1789). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae : secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (in Latin). Vol. 1, Part 2 (13th ed.). Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Georg. Emanuel. Beer. p. 606.

[3] Latham, John (1785). A General Synopsis of Birds. Vol. 3, Part 2. London: Printed for Leigh and Sotheby. p. 355, No. 7.

[4] Wagler, Johann Georg (1832). "Neue Sippen und Gattungen der Säugthiere und Vögel". Isis von Oken (in German). 1832. cols 1218–1235 [1224].

[ioc-5] 
Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Noddies, gulls, terns, skimmers, skuas, auks"
. IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 November 2022.

[6] ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4
.

[hbw-7] ISBN 978-84-87334-20-7
.

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