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River Tern Sterna aurantia Scientific name definitions

Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, Ernest Garcia, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 22, 2017

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Distribution of the River Tern

Recommended Citation

Gochfeld, M., J. Burger, E. F. J. Garcia, and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). River Tern (Sterna aurantia), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.rivter1.01