Black-naped tern

Black-naped tern
S. s. sumatrana
Ko Bi Da Island, off Phi Phi, Thailand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Sterna
Species:
S. sumatrana
Binomial name
Sterna sumatrana
Raffles, 1822

The black-naped tern (Sterna sumatrana) is an oceanic tern mostly found in tropical and subtropical areas of the West-Pacific and Indian Oceans. They are rarely found inland.[2]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Sterna sumatrana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22694612A132561758. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22694612A132561758.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Smith, Geoffrey C. (1990). "Factors Influencing Egg Laying and Feeding in Black-naped Terns Sterna Sumatrana". Emu - Austral Ornithology. 90 (2): 88–96. doi:10.1071/MU9900088. ISSN 0158-4197.