Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Chlidonias niger
Gaviota negra, Black Tern
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Laridae
Genus
Chlidonias
Species
niger
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Migrant
Distribution: One immature was found dead at James Bay, Santiago, on 17 November 1973 (Harris 1975)
- Curry, R.L. Stoleson, S.H. (1988) New bird records from the Galapagos associated with the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. Condor 90(2): 505-507.
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Harris, M.P. (1975) Additions to the Galápagos avifauna. Condor 77(3): 355.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Chlidonias niger", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5064. Accessed 31 October 2026.