IUCN and region codes at bottom of page.
Species |
Family |
Scientific name |
Breeding Regions |
Breeding Subregions |
Nonbreeding Subregions |
| - CHARADRIIFORMES |
| Antarctic Tern i | Laridae | Sterna vittata | SO | widespread, subantarctic and Antarctic is., South Atlantic, South Indian, w South Pacific and Antarctic Pen. | |
| Arctic Tern i | Laridae | Sterna paradisaea | PAL, NA | widespread Arctic and subarctic coasts and inland, from Greenland, Iceland and British Isles to ne Siberia, Sakhalin and Kamchatka (e Russia), Aleutian Is., Alaska mainland through Arctic and subarctic Canada to James Bay, se Canada and New York | subantarctic and oceans and Antarctic Ocean to edge of pack-ice |
| Black-bellied Tern (EN) i | Laridae | Sterna acuticauda | OR | inland Indus Valley (Pakistan), sub-Himalayan India and Irrawaddy (=Ayeyarwady) River, c Myanmar; formerly to s China and Vietnam | |
| Black-naped Tern i | Laridae | Sterna sumatrana | AF, OR, AU | islands off tropical Indian and Pacific oceans from Seychelles to Cook Is. (e Polynesia) | IO, s PO |
| Common Tern i | Laridae | Sterna hirundo | PAL, NA | widespread, subarctic, temperate, and locally tropical Northern Hemisphere | widespread coasts to s South America, s Africa, w Madagascar, and s Australia |
| Forster's Tern i | Laridae | Sterna forsteri | NA, MA | inland c Alberta to c Manitoba (sc Canada) patchily to California and n Baja California (nw Mexico), Colorado, and the Great Lakes; coastal w North Atlantic from New Jersey to North Carolina; Gulf of Mexico coast from Alabama to n Tamaulipas (ne Mexico) | to Gulf of Mexico coast, Bahamas, Cuba and southern Mexico |
| Kerguelen Tern (NT) i | Laridae | Sterna virgata | IO | subantarctic islands of w, c South Indian Ocean: Crozet, Prince Edward, and Kerguelen is. | |
| River Tern (VU) i | Laridae | Sterna aurantia | OR | rivers of Indus Valley (c Pakistan), sub-Himalayan India, nw, c Myanmar, sw China, to se Cambodia (formerly s Vietnam) | |
| Roseate Tern i | Laridae | Sterna dougallii | Worldwide | patchily temperate to tropical Atlantic, tropical Indian, and subtropical to tropical w Pacific to Vanuatu | |
| Snowy-crowned Tern i | Laridae | Sterna trudeaui | SA | coastal se Brazil and Uruguay to inland ec Argentina; coastal Aconcagua to Llanquihue provinces (c, sc Chile) | |
| South American Tern i | Laridae | Sterna hirundinacea | SA | coastal s Peru and Espiritu Santo (ec Brazil) to Tierra del Fuego, Cape Horn is. and Falkland Is. | |
| White-cheeked Tern i | Laridae | Sterna repressa | AF, PAL | coastal Kenya to Persian Gulf, Red Sea and coastal Pakistan | |
| White-fronted Tern (NT) i | Laridae | Sterna striata | AU | coasts and satellites of North, South, Stewart, Chatham (e of South I.) and Auckland is. (s of South I.; New Zealand); also (few) Furneaux group, e Bass Strait is. (Australia) | coastal e SA, Tasmania to se QLD (s, e Australia) |
84% 11 species of 13 (0 extinct).
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| IUCN Status Codes |
| EX | Extinct |
| EW | Extinct in the wild |
| CR | Critically Endangered |
| EN | Endangered |
| VU | Vulnerable |
| NT | Near Threatened |
| LC | Least Concern |
| DD | Data deficient |
| NE | Not evaluated |
LC not shown.
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| Breeding Range Codes |
| AF | Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) |
| AN | Antarctica |
| AO | Atlantic Ocean |
| AU | Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea
and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the
Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) |
| PAL | Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the
Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) |
| IO | Indian Ocean |
| LA | Latin America (Middle and South America) |
| MA | Middle America (Mexico through Panama) |
| NA | North America (includes the Caribbean) |
| NO | Northern oceans |
| OR | Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the
Philippines, and Greater Sundas) |
| PO | Pacific Ocean |
| SA | South America |
| SO | Southern oceans |
| TO | Temperate oceans |
| TrO | Tropical oceans |
| Worldwide | Worldwide |
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