Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Sterna (Sterna) dougallii Montagu, 1813

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CAVS: 0113

Species Sterna (Sterna) dougallii Montagu, 1813

Roseate Tern

  • Sterna dougallii Montagu, G 1813. Ornithological Dictionary; Supplement. London. [the spelling 'dougali', as used by Salvin, Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum 25(1896)70 and others, is unavailable and to be corrected automatically: ICdZN Art. 33.4].
    Type data:
     Holotype BMNH 4.283a Adult, unsexed (Old Vellum Catalogue), Cumbrey Island, Milford Bay, Firth of Clyde, Scotland.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Central W coast, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carp., Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast
    • 200 mile fishing zone: NE oceanic, NW oceanic, W oceanic
  • Indonesia
  • New Caledonia
  • Papua New Guinea
    • D'Entrecasteaux Ils
  • Solomon Islands

Nearctic Region

Oriental Region

  • China (People's Republic)
  • Indonesia
  • Philippines

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

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

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
12-Feb-2010 (import)