Cabot's tern
| Cabot's tern | |
|---|---|
| T. a. acuflavidus in breeding plumage, Belize | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Laridae |
| Genus: | Thalasseus |
| Species: | T. acuflavidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Thalasseus acuflavidus (Cabot, S, 1847) | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Cabot's tern (Thalasseus acuflavidus) is a species of bird in subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, the gulls, terns, and skimmers. It is found in the eastern United States and Middle America, the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, and in every mainland South American country except Bolivia and Paraguay, though rare in Chile. It is also a vagrant in eastern Canada and western Europe.