Species profile
Snowy-crowned Tern
Sterna trudeaui
Quick answer
Lagoons and marshes of se Brazil and Uruguay to Patagonia
- Scientific name
- Sterna trudeaui
- Family
- Laridae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Sterna
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Snowy-crowned Tern in your journal
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