coastal w North Atlantic from Virginia to Florida, Gulf of Mexico to s Texas, Campeche Bank (ne Mexico), off n Honduras, through West Indies and off n Venezuela to French Guiana; s California, n Gulf of California to Sinaloa and Is. Tres Marias (off wc Me
(Boddaert, 1783): NOTE(TAX: Treat as monotypic with split of T. albididorsalis (Collinson et al. 2017). Split of West African Crested Tern T. albididorsalis accepted by Chesser et al. (2020), NACC 2020-A-09, 2020-C-07.)
German
Königsseeschwalbe
French
Sterne royale
Chinese
橙嘴凤头燕鸥
Japanese
アメリカオオアジサシ
Russian
Королевская крачка
Spanish
Charrán real americano
Portuguese
garajau-real-americano
Bird Data App text
A large tern with a short crest. As with many terns, the cap is all black during breeding season.
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)