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Royal tern
Species of bird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The royal tern (Thalasseus maximus) is a tern in the family Laridae. The species is endemic to the Americas, though vagrants have been identified in Europe.[2]
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Royal tern | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Laridae |
Genus: | Thalasseus |
Species: | T. maximus |
Binomial name | |
Thalasseus maximus (Boddaert, 1783) | |
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Synonyms | |
Sterna maxima |
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