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- Gull-billed Tern
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Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica

K. C. Molina, J. F. Parnell, and R. M. Erwin
Version: 2.0 — Published April 4, 2014

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Figure 1. Distribution of the Gull-billed Tern in North and Middle America. - Range Map
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Figure 1. Distribution of the Gull-billed Tern in North and Middle America.

See text for details and for the range of this species in Eurasia, Australia, and South America.

Recommended Citation

Molina, K. C., J. F. Parnell, and R. M. Erwin (2014). Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.140
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