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Sterna hirundo
common tern
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Occasional

Scientific Name with Authority:		Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		common tern
Park Synonyms:

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


Seasonality Tags:
Vagrant


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		AZ: S3M
Evidence:		0 Observations, 2 Vouchers, 2 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Acadia National Park	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Assateague Island National Seashore	Big Thicket National Preserve
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area	Biscayne National Park
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area	Cabrillo National Monument
Canaveral National Seashore	Canyon De Chelly National Monument
Cape Cod National Seashore	Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore	Colonial National Historical Park
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Death Valley National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	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 Matanzas National Monument
Fort Pulaski National Monument	Fort Sumter National Historical Park
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site	Gateway National Recreation Area
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Glacier National Park
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Grand Canyon National Park	Grand Portage National Monument
Grand Teton National Park	Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Indiana Dunes National Park
Isle Royale National Park	Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument	Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
National Capital Parks-East	National Mall and Memorial Parks
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	Niobrara National Scenic River
North Cascades National Park	Olympic National Park
Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run	Padre Island National Seashore
Pipestone National Monument	Point Reyes National Seashore
Presidio of San Francisco	Redwood National Park
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
San Juan Island National Historical Park	Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Virgin Islands National Park
Voyageurs National Park	Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Yellowstone National Park


Last Modified Date:	1/6/2009

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/25/2025 10:45:15 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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