Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Laridae
Genus
Sternula
 
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Least Tern Sternula antillarum

Bruce C. Thompson, Jerome A. Jackson, Joanna Burger, Laura A. Hill, Eileen M. Kirsch, and Jonathan L. Atwood
Version: 2.0 — Published January 1, 1997

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Figure 1. Distribution of Least Terns. - Range Map
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Figure 1. Distribution of Least Terns.

Distribution range is for North and Central America and the western Caribbean.This species also winters in South America. See text for details.

Recommended Citation

Thompson, B. C., J. A. Jackson, J. Burger, L. A. Hill, E. M. Kirsch, and J. L. Atwood (1997). Least Tern (Sternula antillarum), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.290