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Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri · Family Laridae
Sterna forsteri
Family Laridae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,729,474
- Countries and territories with records
- 42
About this species
This species has 1,729,474 occurrence records from 42 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (95%), Canada (3.5%) and Mexico (1.2%); together they account for 99.7% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.15% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Sterna forsteri combines the genus name Sterna with the species epithet forsteri. The Warbla app catalog lists 13 species of the genus Sterna; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Sterna hirundo, Sterna paradisaea and Sterna dougallii.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 101 species of the family Laridae. This species ranks 13th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Larus delawarensis. Its record count is 2 times the family average (874,525). The family Laridae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.