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Onychoprion lunatus in life
In life — Gray-backed Tern, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) IanLJones, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by IanLJones
BPBM 159701Vertebrate Zoology

Onychoprion lunatus

Gray-backed Tern

As recorded: Sterna lunata Peale, 1848

Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Charadriiformes › Laridae

Collected by
S Conant
Locality
Albatross Plateau
Island
Nihoa
Region
Hawaii, United States
Record type
Preserved specimen
48 Bishop specimens of Onychoprion lunatus · collected 1891–1924Species page ›

Cite this specimen

Onychoprion lunatus. BPBM 159701. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 95356428. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/vz/159701.

Record sources

Data-quality notes from GBIF

  • Type status not recognized

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