Species profile—Hydroprogne caspia (Caspian tern)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Laridae (gulls and terns) → Hydroprogne caspia (Caspian tern)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Laridae (gulls and terns)
- Scientific name
- Hydroprogne caspia Pallas, 1770
- Common name
- Caspian tern
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1896
- Synonym(s)
- Sterna caspia
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- SL
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- 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=1896
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
