Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Laridae
Genus
Chlidonias
 
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Black Tern Chlidonias niger

Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published December 1, 2016

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Distribution of the Black Tern - Range Map
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Distribution of the Black Tern

Recommended Citation

Gochfeld, M., J. Burger, and E. F. J. Garcia (2016). Black Tern (Chlidonias niger). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved from Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive: https://birdsoftheworld.org/hbw/species/blkter/1.0
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