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Least Tern Sterna antillarum
Described by: Lesson (1847)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): Sternula antillarum
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Range
North America, Central America and ne. South America;
(1) E. United States from Maine to Florida and Florida Keys and the coast of the Gulf of Mexico to s. Texas (lower Rio Grande Valley), Bermuda, West Indies s. to Antiqua and s. in Mexico (Chiapas, Yucatan Peninsula, Isla Cancun) and islands off Belize, Honduras and n. Venezuela from Netherlands Antilles e. to Margarita Is. Possibly Trinidad.
Winters s. to ne. Brazil.
(2) C. United States on inland rivers in the n. Great Plains from e. Montana, sc. North Dakota, w. Iowa, sw. Missouri, nw. Indiana, c. Kentucky, nw. Ohio s. to c. New Mexico, se. Colorado, w. Kansas, c. Oklahoma, ne. Texas, nc. Louisiana and w. Tennessee.
Winters s. to n. Brazil (Bahia).
(3) W. coast of United State, c. California s. from San Francisco Bay to Baja and w. Mexico (Sonora, Sinaloa).
Winters mostly in Central America.
Videos
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Sounds
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Florida Museum of Natural History
References
Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.
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