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- Gray-backed Tern
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- Gray-backed Tern
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Gray-backed Tern Onychoprion lunatus

Carolyn S. Mostello, Nicholas A. Palaia, and Roger B. Clapp
Version: 2.0 — Published January 1, 2000

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Figure 1. Breeding distribution of the Gray-backed Tern in the Hawaiian archipelago. - Range Map
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Figure 1. Breeding distribution of the Gray-backed Tern in the Hawaiian archipelago.

Recommended Citation

Mostello, C. S., N. A. Palaia, and R. B. Clapp (2000). Gray-backed Tern (Onychoprion lunatus), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.525
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