Order: Charadriiformes | Family: Laridae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Coast of Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Coast of Peru
Age: Juvenile | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Coast of Peru
Age: Immature | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Coast of Peru
Identification & Behavior:~41.5 cm (16.3 in). The Inca Tern is unmistakable. It is sooty with coral-red bill and feet, and white whiskers. The juvenile is gray-brown with dark bill and feet. It somewhat resembles the larger Gray Gull.
Status: The Inca Tern is a common resident along the Coast of Peru. It also occurs in Co, Ec, and Ch.
Name in Spanish: Gaviotín Zarcillo.
Sub-species: Inca Tern (Larosterna inca), Lesson and Garnot 1827.
Meaning of Name: Larosterna: Gr. Larus= a gull and sterna= a tern. inca: after the Inca civilization of Peru.
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 01/01/2015.