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English Gull-billed Tern
Scientific (Gelochelidon nilotica)
Order CHARADRIIFORMES
Family (Latin) Laridae
Family (English) Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
Other name(s) Common Gull-billed Tern
Breeding Regions PAL, AF, OR, NA, MA, SA
Breeding Range Subregions widespread inland, sw Europe to ne China; coastal China; coastal w North Atlantic and Caribbean; coastal s California and Mexico; coastal South America and inland nc Argentina
Nonbreeding Range Subregions to subtropical and tropical coasts, rivers and lakes worldwide (except remote is.)
Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Algeria,Angola,Argentina,Armenia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Bahamas,Bahrain, Bangladesh,Belize,Benin,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Brazil,British Virgin Islands,Bulgaria,Burkina Faso,Burundi,Cambodia, Cameroon,Canada,Chad,China,Colombia,Comoros,Costa Rica,Croatia,Cyprus,Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo,Denmark,Djibouti,Dominican Republic,Ecuador - mainland,Egypt,El Salvador,Eritrea,Ethiopia,Finland, France,French Guiana,Gambia,Georgia,Germany,Ghana,Gibraltar,Greece,Guatemala,Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,Guyana,Haiti,Honduras,Hong Kong,Hungary,India - Andaman and Nicobar Islands,India - mainland,Indonesia,Iran, Iraq,Israel,Italy,Ivory Coast,Japan,Jordan,Kazakhstan,Kenya,Kuwait,Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon,Liberia,Libya,Luxembourg,Macedonia,Madagascar,Malawi,Malaysia,Maldives,Mali, Malta,Mauritania,Mexico,Moldova,Monaco,Mongolia,Montenegro,Morocco,Mozambique,Myanmar, Nepal,Netherlands,Netherlands Antilles,Nicaragua,Niger,Nigeria,Norway,Oman,Pakistan,Palestine, Panama,Peru,Philippines,Poland,Portugal,Qatar,Romania,Russia,Rwanda,Saudi Arabia, Senegal,Serbia,Seychelles,Sierra Leone,Singapore,Slovenia,Somalia,South Sudan,Spain,Sri Lanka, Sudan,Suriname,Switzerland,Syria,Taiwan,Tajikistan,Tanzania,Thailand,Togo,Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Uganda,Ukraine,United Arab Emirates,United States - mainland,Uruguay,Uzbekistan,Venezuela, Vietnam,Western Sahara,Yemen,Zambia,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
nilotica inland s Europe, n Africa through the Middle East to Inner Mongolia (ne China) and Indus Valley (c Pakistan)
affinis coastal Bohai Gulf (ec China) to se China
aranea coastal w North Atlantic of e USA from s New England to Florida, Gulf of Mexico to se Mexico; Greater Antilles and Virgin Is.
vanrossemi s California to Sinaloa (nw Mexico)
gronvoldi patchily coastal French Guiana and Ecuador (race?) to Brazil and ec Argentina; also inland in nc Argentina
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
German Lachseeschwalbe
French Sterne hansel
Chinese 鸥嘴噪鸥
Japanese ハシブトアジサシ
Russian Чайконосая крачка
Spanish Pagaza piconegra
Portuguese tagaz-comum
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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
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
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)