River Tern
Wang.QG · CC_BY_4_0 via GBIF
River Tern
Wang.QG · CC_BY_4_0 via GBIF
River Tern
Navin Sasikumar · CC_BY_4_0 via GBIF

River Tern

Sterna aurantia

河燕鸥

IUCN: Vulnerable China: Level I (Highest) Found in China

Taxonomy

Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Laridae
Genus
Sterna
eBird Code
rivter1

Distribution

rivers of Indus Valley (Pakistan), sub-Himalayan India, northwestern and central Myanmar, southwestern China, and southeastern Cambodia (formerly also southern Vietnam)

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.