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EDITOR: An all white tern sometimes split into different species.
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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 20D
Aperture Value
f/11
Color Space
Uncalibrated
Exposure Bias Value
0 EV
Exposure Program
Program Action
Flash
No Flash
Focal Length
40 mm
ISO
400
Metering Mode
Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value
1/1000 sec
Date/Time
Wed 12 Oct 2005 04:25:45 PM EDT
English White Tern Scientific (Gygis alba) Order CHARADRIIFORMES Family (Latin) Laridae Family (English) Gulls, Terns, Skimmers Other name(s) Fairy Tern, Angel Tern, Common White Tern, Gygis blanche, White Tem, Common White-Tern Breeding Range TrO : widespread Nonbreeding Range Countries (BETA)map American Samoa,Australia,Brazil,Chile,China,Colombia,Comoros,Cook Islands,Ecuador - mainland,French Polynesia, IOC 9.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range alba islands of the tropical south Atlantic Ocean candida Seychelles and Mascarene Is. to the central Pacific (except ranges of next two ssp.) microrhyncha Phoenix, Line and Marquesas Is. leucopes Pitcairn Is.
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet ) Described by (Sparrman, 1786) German Feenseeschwalbe French Gygis blanche Chinese 白燕鸥 Japanese シロアジサシ Russian Белая крачка Spanish Charrán blanco común Portugese grazina Bird Data App text
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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, EU 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)
