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Thalasseus maximus
Thalasseus maximus
Royal Tern
Photographer: Glenn and Martha Vargas
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0091 3182 0754 0014 (2002-02-19)

Copyright © 2002 California Academy of Sciences

 
INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
  • date of photo  Apr 1957
  • latitude 28.83670   longitude -112.99913   max error distance 87 meters     View on Google Maps.
  • horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984
  • georeferencing source GeoLocate
  • georeferencing remarks http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-2378360&fid=4018&c=mexico
  • location   Baja California, Isla Raza (Isla Raza, Mexico)
  • notes   bird egg story; tern colony with gulls
  • CalAcademy slide #   T 67512
  • photo category: Animal - Bird

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Royal Tern (Sibley )
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  • Reviewers' comments about this photo (review or add another comment)
    1. Reviewed by Michael Frankis    Jul 19, 2007

    Action: changed name from "Sterna sp." to "Sterna maxima "

    Reviewer's comments:
         "Central group of Sterna maxima, surrounded by scattered Larus heermanni"

     
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