Terns (Sternidae)
Trudeau's Tern (Sterna trudeaui) - HBW 3, p. 655
French: Sterne de Trudeau
German: Weißscheitel-Seeschwalbe
Spanish: Charrán Coroniblanco
Other common names: Snowy-crowned Tern
Taxonomy: Sterna Trudeaui Audubon, 1838, Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey (probably in error).
Monotypic.
Distribution: Coast and interior of South America, breeding from SE Brazil and Uruguay to Patagonia, rarely to Santa Cruz, and in Chile (Aconcagua to Llanquihue).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Three consecutive birds in flight. Locality General Cerri, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 20 September 2008 3 years ago 34 sec 3.5 -
A bird flying at real speed and then at slow motion (45%). Locality General Cerri, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 20 September 2008 3 years ago 25 sec 3.3 -
A bird resting on the top of a pole Locality Chiloe Island, Los Lagos Region, Chile (Monotypic species)
Ron Hoff 13 October 2007 3 years ago 25 sec 3.2 -
A distant bird on a wood pole Locality Chiloe Island, Los Lagos Region, Chile (Monotypic species)
Ron Hoff 13 October 2007 3 years ago 30 sec 2.6 -
Adult sitting on beach preening Locality Punta Rasa, San Clemente del Tuyú, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
mark sutton 1 December 2009 2 years ago 28 sec 2.5
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Villa Gesell, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, Neotropical
Locality Villa Gesell, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Silvia Vitale 19 December 2010 35 weeks ago 4.2 -
Villa Gesell, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, Neotropical
Locality Villa Gesell, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Silvia Vitale 19 December 2010 35 weeks ago 3.3 -
Adult bird
Locality Punta Rasa, San Clemente del Tuyú, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
David Brassington 21 September 2009 2 years ago 3 -
An adult in non-breeding plumage flying.
Locality General Cerri, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 20 September 2008 3 years ago 3
- No sound recordings available yet
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