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Black Tern

Black Tern, Chlidonias niger, a small tern generally found in or near inland water in Europe and North America

class, taxon, type of animal, species, biological group

Class: taxon, biological group, species, type of animal, bird
Parent Class: ▶
animal, bird, eukaryote, chordate, Tern, …
Charadriiformes, marsh tern, non-human animal, organism
Wikipedia Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Tern
Genus: marsh tern
Kingdom: animal
Order: Charadriiformes
Phylum: chordate
Found In: ▶
India, Europe, Turkey, Africa, South Africa, …
Puerto Rico, North America
Attributes: least concern conservation status
Related Websites: ▶
http://sibley.enature.com/species.asp?SpeciesID=2558&Image_ID=2558_07.jpg&RecNum=6&Srch=yes&searchStr=black+tern&image1.x=0&image1.y=0&xLoc=&yLoc=, http://www.audubon.org/bird/BoA/F42_G2j.html, http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Chlidonias_niger.html, http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=115AF02DD58018FB, http://www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/species.jsp?lang=EN&id=145D1517D76296FF&ts=1217537482430&sec=summary, …
http://www.sdakotabirds.com/species/black_tern_info.htm, http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Black_Tern.html, http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i0770id.html
Bird Banding Laboratory Alpha Code: "BLTE"
Binomial Name: "Chlidonias niger"
Freebase ID: "/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000001ce129"
DBPedia URI: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Black_Tern
Freebase Primary MID: "/m/01ts99"

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Black Tern Fact Sheet - NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation

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