Sterna forsteri, Forster's tern
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Sterna forsteri   Nuttall, 1834

Forster's 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 Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Pacific and Atlantic Ocean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 41.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8812); max. published weight: 190.00 g (Ref. 356)

Short description Morphology

Culmen: 5.93 cm; tarsus: 2.43 cm; wing: 27.09 cm.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Total Length: 35 to 41 cm; Wingspan: 76 to 81 cm (Ref. 8812). Coastal (Ref. 356), found in the beach, shoreline, nearshore and islands (Ref. 116102). Nests in marshes; changes nesting site yearly. Piscivorous (Ref. 87786). Displays dipping behavior (Ref. 356). Embryonic deaths, subcutaneous and pericardial edema, growth disruption, liver damage, and unsuccessful breeding and development linked to exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) in the Great Lakes (Ref. 87784).

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

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

SAUP Database 2006 SAUP Database. www.seaaroundus.org. (Ref. 356)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  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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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO - Publication: search | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 71543)		 Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100).
Price category
(Ref. 80766):		 Unknown.