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;[[:Category:Sterna|Sterna]] bergii | ;[[:Category:Sterna|Sterna]] bergii | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
''Thalasseus bergii'' has six subspecies:<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> | ''Thalasseus bergii'' has six subspecies:<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> | ||
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{{GSearch|Sterna+bergii}} | {{GSearch|Sterna+bergii}} | ||
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Alternative name: Swift Tern
Photo by Karim Madoya in Lokawi
- Sterna bergii
Identification
Distribution
Coasts of Africa, southern Asia and Australasia.
Taxonomy
Thalasseus bergii has six subspecies:[1]
- T. b. bergii
- Namibia and South Africa; disperses to Mozambique
- T. b. enigmus
- Islands off Mozambique, Zambezi River delta and Madagascar
- T. b. thalassinus
- T. b. velox
- T. b. cristatus
- Malaysia to Philippines and Ryukyus; eastern Australia to Society Islands.
- T. b. gwendolenae
- Western and north-western Australia
Habitat
Coastal.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
