Species profile—Gelochelidon macrotarsa (Australian tern)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Laridae (gulls, terns and noddies) → Gelochelidon macrotarsa (Australian tern)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Laridae (gulls, terns and noddies)
- Scientific name
- Gelochelidon macrotarsa (Gould, 1837)
- Common name
- Australian tern
- Type reference
- Gould, J. (1837). A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia, and Adjacent Islands. J. Gould, London. 8 pp., 73 pls.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1886
- Synonym(s)
- Sterna nilotica
Gelochelidon nilotica macrotarsa
Gelochelidon nilotica - Alternate name(s)
- gull-billed tern
Australian gull-billed tern - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- SL
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine & Terrestrial
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://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.
