Species profile—Gelochelidon nilotica (gull-billed tern)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Laridae (gulls and terns) → Gelochelidon nilotica (gull-billed tern)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Laridae (gulls and terns)
- Scientific name
- Gelochelidon nilotica Gmelin, 1789
- Common name
- gull-billed tern
- Type reference
- Gmelin, G.F. (1789). Systema Naturae, & c. Linneai, Caroli. Edito decima tertia, aucta reformata, cura J. F. Gmelin.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1886
- Synonym(s)
- Sterna nilotica
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- SL
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Low
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine & Terrestrial
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1886
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.