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Common Name:
Royal Tern

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Subclass:
Order: Charadriiformes
Suborder:
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Family: Sternidae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Species:
Sterna maxima

Hodges No:

Location:
Blind Pass, Sanibel Island
Captiva, FL
USA
GPS: 26.482419,-82.18223

Date: 3/4/12

Stage:
Sex:
Notes:

Image at BugGuide:

Sterna maxima Sternidae
Royal Tern
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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