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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:
Carlsbad State Beach
Carlsbad, CA
USA
GPS: 33.140821,-117.340647

Date: 11/24/11

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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