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Chlidonias niger
Black Tern
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Probably Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:

Scientific Name with Authority:		Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Black Tern
Park Synonyms:

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


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:		MI: T
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G4G5
NatureServe State Rank:		MI: S2
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 4 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument	Amistad National Recreation Area
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore	Assateague Island National Seashore
Badlands National Park	Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Big Bend National Park	Big Hole National Battlefield
Big Thicket National Preserve	Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Cabrillo National Monument	Canaveral National Seashore
Cape Cod National Seashore	Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Curecanti National Recreation Area
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	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 Donelson National Battlefield
Fort Matanzas National Monument	Fort Pulaski National Monument
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
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site	Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Indiana Dunes National Park	Isle Royale National Park
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve	Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
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	Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run	Padre Island National Seashore
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore	Pipestone National Monument
Piscataway Park	Point Reyes National Seashore
Redwood National Park	Rocky Mountain National Park
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Shiloh National Military Park	Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Tuzigoot National Monument
Virgin Islands National Park	Voyageurs National Park
Whitman Mission National Historic Site	Wind Cave National Park
Yellowstone National Park


Last Modified Date:	7/14/2005

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/26/2025 5:01:59 PM

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