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Vol. 54 No. 1 (2015): Boletín Instituto Oceanográfico de Venezuela 54 (1) 2015

PRIMER REGISTRO DE LA GAVIOTA PATINEGRA (THALASSEUS SANDVICENSIS) EN EL ESTADO SUCRE, VENEZUELA

Submitted
February 8, 2021
Published
2021-02-08

Abstract

We obtained photographic material of an adult in winter plumage of Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis),
seen in the outlet and southern shore of Chacopata lagoon, peninsula of Araya, state of Sucre (10°40’14" N; 63°48’07" O).
The identification was based on long, slender, black bill, tipped with yellow; white forehead and crown. It is a new record for
state of Sucre.