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WORLD BIRDS / IOC 15.2

Spectacled Tern

Onychoprion lunatus

Spectacled Tern belongs to Laridae, within the order Charadriiformes. Explore the recorded facts below, then discover other birds in the same family.

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Spectacled Tern · Onychoprion lunatus
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Taxonomy & recorded facts

Scientific name
Onychoprion lunatus
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Laridae
Conservation record
LC · Least Concern
Habitat in source
Marine
Reported mass
120 g

Conservation categories reflect the source dataset, not a live IUCN assessment. Missing measurements are omitted. Game combat values are not biological measurements.

Distribution record

太平洋:热带太平洋西南部至中部:马里亚纳群岛北部、菲尼克斯群岛、莱恩群岛、土阿莫土群岛、马克萨斯群岛、美属萨摩亚、西北夏威夷群岛、考艾岛和瓦胡岛(夏威夷群岛主要岛屿)近海的小岛和约翰斯顿环礁(夏威夷以南)

Original Chinese range description retained from the source catalog.

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Illustration source:huashu-bird-sticker · PolyForm-Shield-1.0.0 · Ronald Orenstein · Reference record ↗

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