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| Royal tern | |
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| Winter plumage | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Laridae |
| Genus: | Thalasseus |
| Species: | T. maximus
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| Binomial name | |
| Thalasseus maximus (Boddaert, 1783)
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| Synonyms | |
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Sterna maxima | |
The royal tern (Thalasseus maximus) is a tern in the family Laridae. The species is endemic to the Americas, though vagrants have been identified in Europe.[2]
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Thalasseus maximus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22694542A132559155. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22694542A132559155.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Buckley, P. A. and F. G. Buckley (2020). Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.royter1.01 Retrieved April 17, 2021
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