Species profile
Peruvian Tern
Sternula lorata
Quick answer
Arid Humboldt Current coasts of Ecuador to n Chile
- Scientific name
- Sternula lorata
- Family
- Laridae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Sternula
- Conservation status
- Endangered
Recording Peruvian Tern in your journal
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