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Sterna forsteri
Forster's Tern
Assateague Island National Seashore
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Sterna forsteri Nuttall, 1834
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Forster's Tern
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Charadriiformes, Family Laridae, Genus Sterna, Species Sterna forsteri


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:		MD: I
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		MD: S2B; VA: S3B,S3N
Evidence:		314 Observations, 1 Vouchers, 1 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Amistad National Recreation Area	Anacostia Park
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore	Badlands National Park
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site	Big Bend National Park
Big Thicket National Preserve	Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Biscayne National Park	Bryce Canyon National Park
Cabrillo National Monument	Canaveral National Seashore
Canyonlands National Park	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Channel Islands National Park	Colonial National Historical Park
Crater Lake National Park	Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Curecanti National Recreation Area
Death Valley National Park	Dinosaur National Monument
Dry Tortugas National Park	East Potomac Park
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve	Effigy Mounds National Monument
Everglades National Park	Fire Island National Seashore
Fort Caroline National Memorial	Fort Circle Parks
Fort Donelson National Battlefield	Fort Frederica National Monument
Fort Matanzas National Monument	Fort Point National Historic Site
Fort Pulaski National Monument	Fort Sumter National Historical Park
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site	Fort Washington Park
Gateway National Recreation Area	George Washington Birthplace National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Golden Gate National Recreation Area	Grand Canyon National Park
Great Falls Park	Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Harmony Hall	Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Indiana Dunes National Park	Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument	Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site	Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area	Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lava Beds National Monument	Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas	Missouri National Recreational River
National Capital Parks-East	National Mall and Memorial Parks
Niobrara National Scenic River	Olympic National Park
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument	Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run
Padre Island National Seashore	Petersburg National Battlefield
Pipestone National Monument	Piscataway Park
Point Reyes National Seashore	Presidio of San Francisco
Redwood National Park	Rock Creek Park
Rocky Mountain National Park	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park	Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Shiloh National Military Park	Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
Vicksburg National Military Park	Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Yellowstone National Park	Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	9/16/2009

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/25/2025 10:39:47 AM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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