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Aleutian Tern
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Aleutian Tern
Onychoprion aleuticus
The Aleutian tern (Onychoprion aleuticus, formerly Sterna aleutica) is a seabird in the family Laridae. The genus name is from Ancient Greek onux, "claw", and "prion", nail. The specific aleuticus refers to the Aleutian Islands.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 144528.