Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica), version 1.0

Molina, K. C.; Parnell, J. F.; Erwin, R. M.; del Hoyo, Josep; Collar, Nigel; Kirwan, Guy M.; Garcia, Ernest

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Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Scientific name definitions

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Subspecies (6)

K. C. Molina, J. F. Parnell, R. M. Erwin, Josep del Hoyo, Nigel Collar, Guy M. Kirwan, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020

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Introduction
Identification
- Field Identification
- Similar Species
Plumages, Molts, and Structure
- Plumages
- Molts
- Bare Parts
- Measurements
Systematics
- Systematics History
- Geographic Variation
- Subspecies
- Related Species
- Nomenclature
- Fossil History
Distribution
- Historical Changes to the Distribution
Habitat
- Habitat in Breeding Range
- Habitat in Nonbreeding Range
Movements and Migration
- Dispersal and Site Fidelity
- Migration Overview
- Timing and Routes of Migration
- Migratory Behavior
- Control and Physiology of Migration
Diet and Foraging
- Feeding
- Diet
- Food Selection and Storage
- Nutrition and Energetics
- Metabolism and Temperature Regulation
- Drinking, Pellet-Casting, and Defecation
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
- Vocalizations
- Nonvocal Sounds
Behavior
- Locomotion
- Self-Maintenance
- Agonistic Behavior
- Spacing
- Sexual Behavior
- Social and Interspecific Behavior
- Predation
Breeding
- Phenology
- Nest Site
- Nest
- Eggs
- Incubation
- Hatching
- Young Birds
- Parental Care
- Cooperative Breeding
- Brood Parasitism
- Fledgling Stage
- Immature Stage
Demography and Populations
- Measures of Breeding Activity
- Life Span and Survivorship
- Disease and Body Parasites
- Causes of Mortality
- Population Spatial Metrics
- Population Status
- Population Regulation
Conservation and Management
- Conservation Status
- Effects of Human Activity
- Management
Priorities for Future Research
Acknowledgments
About the Author(s)

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- Illustrations
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Tables and Appendices

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Molina, K. C., J. F. Parnell, R. M. Erwin, J. del Hoyo, N. Collar, G. M. Kirwan, and E. F. J. Garcia (2020). Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.gubter1.01

Language	Common name
Afrikaans	Oostelike/Australiese Sterretjie
Azerbaijani	Qağayıburun/Avstraliya susüpürəni
Catalan	curroc comú/australià
Czech	rybák černozobý/dlouhonohý
English	Gull-billed/Australian Tern
English (United States)	Gull-billed/Australian Tern
French	Sterne hansel ou S. à longues pattes
French (France)	Sterne hansel ou S. à longues pattes
German	Lachseeschwalbe/Australien-Lachseeschwalbe
Greek	Ευρασιατικό/Αυστραλιανό Γελογλάρονο
Japanese	ハシブトアジサシ／オーストラリアハシブトアジサシ
Norwegian	sandterne/sumpsandterne
Polish	rybitwa krótkodzioba/czarnodzioba
Serbian	Debelokljuna čigra/australijska debelokljuna čigra
Slovak	rybárka krátkozobá/austrálska
Slovenian	Črnonoga/Avstralska čigra
Spanish	Pagaza Piconegra/Australiana
Spanish (Ecuador)	Gaviotín Piquigrueso/Australiano
Spanish (Spain)	Pagaza piconegra/australiana
Spanish (Uruguay)	Gaviotín Pico Grueso/Pagaza Australiana
Turkish	Gülen/Avustralya Gülen Sumrusu

Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Scientific name definitions

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Gelochelidon nilotica ("Gmelin, JF", 1789)

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