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
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://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.
