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Gull-billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Gaviotín Pico Grueso
Trinta-réis-de-bico-preto
Family: Laridae
Order: Charadriiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Sterna nilotica.

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Foto
Photography ID: 414512
  Adult
Playa Penino
San José
Uruguay
10/14/2020
Adrian Antunez
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Photography ID: 294895
  Adult
Faro Punta Carretas
Montevideo
Uruguay
10/28/2018
Luis Mier
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Photography ID: 239835
 Playa Penino
San José
Uruguay
01/13/2018
Adrian Antunez



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
226429624/10/2024UruguayMaldonadoArroyo Maldonado., MaldonadoEmilio Lessa
129914414/10/2020UruguaySan JoséPlaya penino, Playa PeninoAdrian Antunez
82815628/10/2018UruguayMontevideoFaro Punta CarretasLuis Mier
67511013/01/2018UruguaySan JoséPlaya PeninoAdrian Antunez
40695424/02/2016UruguayRochaRuta 10 campo junto al mar antes del PolonioMaría Lombardi
39598815/01/2016UruguayRochaLa PalomaAndres Espindola
23643930/01/2015UruguayRochaBarra de ValizasPablo Eguia
23660425/01/2015UruguayRochaLaguna de RochaPablo Eguia
75847020/05/2014UruguayMontevideoPlaya Carrasco, Montevideo1Emilio Lessa
14914819/05/2014UruguayMontevideoCosta rocosa de MontevideoJulio Cesar Castillo Yazauskas
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/04/2026.