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Yellow-billed tern

Sternula superciliaris (Vieillot, 1819)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The yellow-billed tern (Sternula superciliaris) is a species in the family Laridae, order Charadriiformes. Recorded adults weigh 46.4 g to 47.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Yellow-billed tern (Sternula superciliaris)
Photo: Cláudio D. Timm · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the yellow-billed tern

Weight
46.4 g – 47.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
riverinesrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.4src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the yellow-billed tern live?

Not recorded

What is the yellow-billed tern?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The yellow-billed tern (Sternula superciliaris) is a small seabird found in South America. It is a species of tern in the family Laridae.

It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, and freshwater lakes.

From the Wikipedia article “Yellow-billed tern” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yellow-billed_tern&oldid=1380713144), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the yellow-billed tern endangered?

The yellow-billed tern is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the yellow-billed tern classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCharadriiformes
  5. familyLaridae
  6. genusSternula
  7. SpeciesSternula superciliaris (Vieillot, 1819)

Synonyms Sterna superciliaris

Other names and names in other languages (38)
  • Amazon ternEnglish
  • خرشنة صفراء المنقارArabic
  • Амазонска рибаркаBulgarian
  • xatrac menut amazònicCatalan
  • rybák amazonskýCzech
  • AmazonterneDanish
  • AmazonasseeschwalbeGerman
  • amazonia ŝternoEsperanto
  • Gaviotín chico comúnSpanish
  • Charrán PiquiamarilloSpanish
  • Charrancito amazónicoSpanish
  • Gaviotín chicoSpanish
  • Gaviotin chico comúnSpanish
  • Gaviotín de RíoSpanish
  • amazonase väiketiirEstonian
  • amazonianpikkutiiraFinnish
  • Sterne argentéeFrench
  • amazonska čigraCroatian
  • sárgacsőrű csérHungarian
  • Sterna beccogialloItalian
  • Fraticello dell'AmazzoniaItalian
  • アマゾンアジサシJapanese
  • amazoninė žuvėdraLithuanian
  • AmazonesternDutch
  • Amazone-sternDutch
  • amazondvergterneNorwegian
  • rybitwa brazylijskaPolish
  • Trinta-réis-anãoPortuguese
  • chilreta-amazónicaPortuguese
  • trinta-réis-pequenoPortuguese
  • Амазонская крачкаRussian
  • rybár žltozobýSlovak
  • Žutokljuna čigraSerbian
  • amazontärnaSwedish
  • Amazon SumrusuTurkish
  • крячок амазонськийUkrainian
  • 黃嘴燕鷗Chinese
  • 南美白额燕鸥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the yellow-billed tern

Other species in the same genus Sternula.

LC, Least Concern
Least tern (Sternula antillarum)

Least tern

Sternula antillarum

Laridae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the yellow-billed tern?

An adult yellow-billed tern weighs 46.4 g – 47.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the yellow-billed tern endangered?

The yellow-billed tern is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the yellow-billed tern?

The yellow-billed tern (Sternula superciliaris) belongs to the family Laridae in the order Charadriiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Yellow-billed tern (Sternula superciliaris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-billed-tern

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{yellow_billed_tern_2026,
  title = {Yellow-billed tern (Sternula superciliaris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-billed-tern},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}