Thalasseus [acuflavidus or eurygnathus] (Cabot's or Cayenne Tern)

Cabot's or Cayenne Tern

Thalasseus [acuflavidus or eurygnathus] (= Thalasseus acuflavidus) (Cabot, S Jr 1847)

Cabot's tern is a tern in the family Laridae formerly considered as a subspecies of the Sandwich tern. It has since been shown to be more closely related to the elegant tern. The genus name is from Ancient Greek Thalasseus, "fisherman" from thalassa, "sea". The specific acuflavida is Latin from acus, "needle", and flavidus, "yellowish". The IOC recognizes the bird as distinct, but most other taxonomists, including both committees of the AOU, consider it conspecific with the Sandwich tern. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Laridae
Genus:
   Thalasseus
Scientific:
  Thalasseus acuflavidus

Original description

Citation:
(Cabot, S Jr 1847)

Reference:
Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 2 p.257

Protonym:
Sterna acuflavida

Type locality:
Tancah, Yucatan.

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490941

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
9551D52A27504256

Avibase ID:
avibase-9551D52A

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/9551D52A

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 824138

Geographic range:

Thalasseus acuflavidus: coast of southeastern North America (Virginia southward locally to Belize) and through the Caribbean; summer resident from Virginia to northeastern Florida and coast of north-central Gulf of Mexico, year-round elsewhere on coast of northern Gulf of Mexico and in Caribbean, and nonbreeding from southern Gulf of Mexico to Caribbean and Atlantic coast of South America to northeastern Brazil, also Pacific coast from Colombia to southern Peru
Thalasseus eurygnathus: locally in the Caribbean (Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands) and on islands off of Venezuela (Bonaire, Curaçao) and locally along Atlantic coast of South America from French Guiana to northern Argentina; largely resident

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Cabot's or Cayenne Tern
French:
Sterne de Cabot ou S. de Cayenne

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Cabot's or Cayenne Tern ( Thalasseus [acuflavidus or eurygnathus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Cabot's or Cayenne Tern ( Thalasseus [acuflavidus or eurygnathus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Cabot's or Cayenne Tern ( Thalasseus [acuflavidus or eurygnathus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Cabot's or Cayenne Tern ( Thalasseus [acuflavidus or eurygnathus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Cabot's or Cayenne Tern ( Thalasseus [acuflavidus or eurygnathus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Cabot's or Cayenne Tern ( Thalasseus [acuflavidus or eurygnathus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Cabot's or Cayenne Tern ( Thalasseus [acuflavidus or eurygnathus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Cabot's or Cayenne Tern ( Thalasseus [acuflavidus or eurygnathus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Cabot's or Cayenne Tern ( Thalasseus [acuflavidus or eurygnathus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Cabot's or Cayenne Tern ( Thalasseus [acuflavidus or eurygnathus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Cabot's or Cayenne Tern ( Thalasseus [acuflavidus or eurygnathus])
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Thalasseus acuflavidus [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Thalasseus [sandvicensis, acuflavidus or eurygnathus]

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