Large-billed Tern
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| Phaetusa simplex (Gmelin, 1789) |
The Large-billed Tern (Phaetusa simplex) is a species of tern in the Sternidae family.
It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela. It has occurred as a vagrant in Aruba, Bermuda, Cuba, Panama and the United States.
Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2004. Phaetusa simplex. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
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