Species profile—Sternula nereis exsul (New Caledonian fairy tern)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Laridae (gulls, terns and noddies) → Sternula nereis exsul (New Caledonian fairy tern)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Laridae (gulls, terns and noddies)
- Scientific name
- Sternula nereis exsul Mathews, 1912
- Common name
- New Caledonian fairy tern
- Type reference
- Mathews, G.M. (1912). The Birds of Australia. Witherby & Co., London. Vol. 2 pt 4 pp. 357-476.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1900
- Synonym(s)
- Sterna nereis
Sternula nereis - Alternate name(s)
- fairy tern
fairy tern (New Caledonian) - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Endangered
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine & Terrestrial
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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=1900.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
