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Black Tern

Chlidonias niger

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Laridae

The black tern (Chlidonias niger) is a small tern generally found in or near inland water that breeds in Europe, Western Asia and North America. In winter the birds migrate to coastal areas of Africa and South America. Taxonomy The black tern was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Sterna nigra.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 32,463Spain · 10,660United Kingdom · 4,576France · 4,246Germany · 3,687Italy · 1,056Switzerland · 623Belgium · 243Peru · 196Brazil · 29Luxembourg · 4