WORLD BIRDS / IOC 15.2
River Tern
Sterna aurantia
River 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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Taxonomy & recorded facts
- Scientific name
- Sterna aurantia
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- Conservation record
- VU · Vulnerable
- Habitat in source
- Riverine
- Reported mass
- 209 g
- Reported wingspan
- 67 cm
Conservation categories reflect the source dataset, not a live IUCN assessment. Missing measurements are omitted. Game combat values are not biological measurements.
Distribution record
东洋界：印度河谷（巴基斯坦中部）、喜马拉雅山麓的印度、缅甸西北部、中部、中国西南部至柬埔寨东南部的河流（曾分布于越南南部）
Original Chinese range description retained from the source catalog.
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Illustration source：huashu-bird-sticker · PolyForm-Shield-1.0.0 · Håvard Rosenlund · Reference record ↗
