Species profile—Gelochelidon nilotica (gull-billed tern)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Laridae (gulls, terns and noddies) → Gelochelidon nilotica (gull-billed tern)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Laridae (gulls, terns and noddies)
- 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
- 1891
- Synonym(s)
- Sterna nilotica
- Alternate name(s)
- common 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=1891.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
