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Onychoprion lunatus

Gray-backed Tern

As recorded: Sterna lunata Peale, 1848

Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Charadriiformes › Laridae

Collected by
B Becker, NMFSB. Becker →S.W.F.C. Nmfs →
Collector number
Collector Number: #506
Locality
Sect. 4, near lg. log at berm farthest from "Dead Zone" [= N end of island]
Island
Laysan
Region
Hawaii, United States
Coordinates
25.7790, -171.7360
Identified by
C H Kishinami
Record type
Preserved specimen
48 Bishop specimens of Onychoprion lunatus · collected 1891–1924Species page ›

Where it was collected

Cite this specimen

Onychoprion lunatus. BPBM 184342. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 95362061. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/vz/184342.

Record sources

Data-quality notes from GBIF

  • Type status not recognized

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