Yellow-billed tern | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Sternidae |
Genus: | Sternula |
Species: | S. superciliaris |
Binomial name | |
Sternula superciliaris (Vieillot, 1819) |
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Synonyms | |
Sterna superciliaris |
Sterna superciliaris
The yellow-billed tern (Sternula superciliaris) is a species of tern in the family Sternidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, and freshwater lakes.
It has a yellow beak and feet, grey wings and a black cap except a fairly long grey brow.