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Black-naped tern
Species of bird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The black-naped tern (Sterna sumatrana) is an oceanic tern mostly found in tropical and subtropical areas of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is rarely found inland.
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Black-naped tern | |
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S. s. sumatrana Ko Bi Da Island, off Phi Phi, Thailand | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Laridae |
Genus: | Sterna |
Species: | S. sumatrana |
Binomial name | |
Sterna sumatrana Raffles, 1822 | |
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