Subspecies Sterna (Sterna) dougallii gracilis Gould, 1845

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sterna gracilis Gould, J. 1845. [Untitled]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (13) [Date published October 1845] [76].
• Sterna nigrifrons Masters, 1876.

  Type data:

   Holotype AM(MMUS) O.45423 ♂ (Macleay Museum nos. BT15, B.1324), Warrior Reef, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia.

  Secondary source:

   Longmore, N.W. 1991. Type specimens of birds in the Australian Museum. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum n 4: 1-42 [5].
• Sterna striata christopheri Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [209].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 746492 ♀, Point Cloates, Western Australia, Australia.

  Secondary source:

   Greenway, J.C. 1978. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Pt 2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 161: 1-306 [33].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, NE coast
  • 200 mile fishing zone: NE oceanic
• New Caledonia
• Papua New Guinea
  • D'Entrecasteaux Ils
• Solomon Islands

Ecological Descriptors

Coral cay, estuary, offshore waters, open beach, rock reef, rocky island, tidal sandbar.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)