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South American Tern

Sterna hirundinacea
Lesson, RP, 1831
Gaviotín Sudamericano
Trinta-réis-de-bico-vermelho
Family: Laridae
Order: Charadriiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

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Foto
Photography ID: 647243
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/08/2025
Jorge Iriberri
Foto
Photography ID: 647238
  Juvenile
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/08/2025
Jorge Iriberri
Foto
Photography ID: 646461
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/03/2025
Jorge Iriberri
Foto
Photography ID: 530250
  Juvenile
Albúfera Laguna Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/25/2023
Jorge Iriberri
Foto
Photography ID: 530247
  Juvenile
Albúfera Laguna Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/25/2023
Jorge Iriberri
Foto
Photography ID: 104434
  Immature
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/23/2009
Jorge Iriberri
Foto
Photography ID: 94474
♂ ♀  Adult
Albúfera Laguna Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/15/2014
Jorge Iriberri



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
233990808/08/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva narutal del puerto, Mar del PlataJorge Iriberri
233342003/08/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva del Puerto, Mar del PlataJorge Iriberri
174134625/03/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresBanco de arena, Albúfera Laguna Mar ChiquitaJorge Iriberri
27197615/08/2014ArgentinaBuenos AiresCosta de la albufera, Albúfera Laguna Mar ChiquitaJorge Iriberri
31143923/12/2009ArgentinaBuenos AiresEscollera Norte cara interna, Mar del PlataJorge Iriberri
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. South American Tern (Sterna hirundinacea) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/04/2026.