Pink Tern [1] ( lat. Sterna dougallii ) is a species of seabirds from the gull family (Laridae) [2] . It has many populations that differ in beak color and plumage color details.
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Description
Classification and distribution
As of February 2018, there are 5 subspecies with ranges [2] :
- Sterna dougallii arideensis Mathews, 1912 - Seychelles , Madagascar and the island of Rodriguez .
- Sterna dougallii bangsi Mathews, 1912 - from the Ryukyu Islands and eastern China to New Guinea , northeast Australia and the islands of the south-west of the Pacific Ocean
- Sterna dougallii dougallii Montagu, 1813 - East of North America , West Indies , Azores , Europe and Africa
- Sterna dougallii gracilis Gould, 1845 - Moluccas , North and West Australia
- Sterna dougallii korustes (Hume, 1874) - Sri Lanka , Andaman Islands and Miei Islands
Notes
- ↑ Boehme R. L. , Flint V. E. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names. Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French / Ed. ed. Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., "RUSSO", 1994. - S. 92. - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .
- ↑ 1 2 Coursers, noddies, gulls, terns, auks, sandgrouse : [ eng. ] / F. Gill & D. Donsker (Eds). // IOC World Bird List (v 8.1). - 2018 .-- DOI : 10.14344 / IOC.ML.8.1 . (Retrieved March 24, 2018) .