Presence
| Recorded on | |
| Presence status | |
| Distribution description | North America, Middle America, Gulf coast, the West Indies and the Caribbean sea. |
| Notes on presence status | This species has also been reported as Sterna albifrons or Sterna albifrons antillarum, which was splitted into two species, of which S. antillarum occurs here. Breeding bird. |
Publications
- Boeken, M. 2018. New avifaunal records and checklist for the island of Saba, Caribbean Netherlands. The Journal of Caribbean Ornithology 31: 57-64. [link]
- Boer, B. de, Newton, E. & R. Restall 2012. Birds of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. Ardea Christopher Helm, London.
- Bird Watching Curaçao 2016. 2016 - A year in birds. 42. Curaçao Footprint Foundation. [link]
- Debrot, A.O., Freitas, J.A. de 1999. Avifaunal and botanical survey of the Jan Thiel Lagoon Conservation Area, Curaçao. 28. Carmabi Foundation.
- Hoogerwerf, A. 1977. Notes on the birds of St. Martin, Saba and St. Eustatius. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 54: 60-123.
- Peterson, G. 2016. Checklist Version 2, ABC Birds of Aruba. 16 pp. Aruba Birdlife Conservation.
- Peterson, G.M. 2018. Aruba Bird Checklist. 16 pp. Aruba Birdlife Conservation.
- Prins, T.G., J.H. Reuter, A.O. Debrot, J. Wattel & V. Nijman 2009. Checklist of the birds of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire, South Caribbean. Ardea 97(2): 137-268.
- Raffaele, H., Wiley, J., Garrido, O., Keith, A. & Raffaele, J. 1998. Birds of the West Indies. 511 pp. Christopher Helm, London.
- Rojer, A. 1997. Biological inventory of Sint Eustatius. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao.
- Rojer, A. 1997. Biological inventory of St. Maarten. 102 pp. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao.
- Voous, K.H. 1955. De vogels van de Nederlandse Antillen (Birds of the Netherlands Antilles). 205pp. Werkgroep Nederlandse Antillen, Curaçao.
- Voous, K.H. 1957. The birds of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 7: 260pp..
- Voous, K.H. 1965. Checklist of the birds of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire. Ardea 53: 205-234.
- Voous, K.H., Koelers, H.J. 1967. Check-list of the birds of St. Martin, Saba, and St. Eustatius. Ardea 55: 115-137.
- Wells, J., Debrot, A.O. 2008. Bonaire. In: Netherlands Antilles (Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St. Eustatius). 95-102. BirdLife International.
- Wells, J., Debrot, A.O. 2008. Curaçao. In: Netherlands Antilles (Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St. Eustatius). 143-149. BirdLife International.
- Wells, J.V. & A.C. Wells 2017. Birds of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao: a site and field guide. 474pp. Cornell University Press.
- Yokoyama, M. 2010. The Incomplete Guide to the Wildlife of Saint Martin. 129 pp. sxm wildlife.
- Yokoyama, M. 2013. The Incomplete guide to the wildlife of Saint Martin. Revised and expanded second edition. 131. sxm wildlife.