Sterna sumatrana, Black-naped tern

Sterna sumatrana   Raffles, 1822

Black-naped tern
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Others.  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific and Southeast Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 32.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8812); max. published weight: 110.00 g (Ref. 356)

Short description Morphology

Culmen: 3.46 cm; wing: 22.17 cm.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Total Length: 30 to 32 cm; Wingspan: 61 cm (Ref. 8812). Dipping; coastal (Ref. 356).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Bishop, K.D. 1992 New and interesting records of birds in Wallacea. Kukila, Bulletin of the Indonesian Ornithological Society 6(1):8-34. (Ref. 7294)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 August 2018

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.7 - 29.3, mean 28.6 (based on 2713 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=63.69).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (22 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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