Species profile
River Tern
Sterna aurantia
Quick answer
Pakistan to s India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and sw China
- Scientific name
- Sterna aurantia
- Family
- Laridae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Sterna
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
Recording River Tern in your journal
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