Cabot's tern

Cabot's tern
File:Cabot's Tern (Thalasseus acuflavidus), Venice, Florida - 20110311.jpg
In non-breeding plumage, Venice Beach, Florida
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Suborder:	Lari
Family:	Sternidae
Genus:	Thalasseus
Species:	T. acuflavidus
Binomial name
Thalasseus acuflavidus (Cabot, 1847)
Synonyms
Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavida Thalasseus sandvicensis eurygnatha

Cabot's tern (Thalasseus acuflavidus) is a bird in the family Sternidae recently separated from the Sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis). It has since been shown to be more closely related to the elegant tern (Thalasseus elegans).

Distribution and Subspecies

The species is widely distributed in the Americas.
There are two subspecies:

• T. a. acuflavidus (Cabot, 1847) − eastern North America to southern Caribbean.
• T. a. eurygnathus (Saunders, 1876) − Cayenne tern, islands off Venezuela and the Guianas, northern and eastern South America.

Gallery

• Cabot's Tern fishing.jpg

  Cabot's Tern fishing near Tampa Bay, Florida

• Cabot's Tern in Flight.jpg

  Cabot's Tern in Flight, Sanibel, Florida

• Cabot's Tern RWD3.jpg

  Cabot's Tern in North Carolina

• Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Puerto Quetzal Guatemala.jpg

  Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus, south of Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala

• Cabot's Tern From The Crossley ID Guide Eastern Birds.jpg

  Cabot's Tern From The Crossley ID Guide Eastern Birds