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Sterna forsteri
Forster's Tern
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Probably Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:

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

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


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		OH: SNA
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 2 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Amistad National Recreation Area	Anacostia Park
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore	Assateague Island National Seashore
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
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:	6/7/2005

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/25/2025 12:26:59 PM

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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