Thalasseus acuflavidus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Cabot's tern (Thalasseus acuflavidus) is a species of bird in subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, the gulls, terns, and skimmers. It is found on the coasts of the eastern United States and Middle America, the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, and in every mainland South American country except landlocked Bolivia and Paraguay, though rare in Chile. It is also a vagrant in eastern Canada and western Europe.
Cabot's tern was long placed in genus Sterna but since the early 2000s has been in its present genus Thalasseus. Its further taxonomy is not settled. The American Ornithological Society and the Clements taxonomy have not yet accepted Efe et al. and treat those two taxa as subspecies of the Sandwich tern (T. sandvicensis). BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) follows a different conclusion to Efe et al. than the IOC by merging eurygnathus into acuflavidus but treats the merged taxon as one of two subspecies of... Wikipedia →
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Cabot's Tern sighting in Miami on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 136th most-seen of the 325 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Cabot's Tern in Miami on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cabot's Tern sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Cabot's Tern sightings, Miami ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Santos (Brazil, about 10%) and Vitória (Brazil, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cabot's Tern is recorded against all the birds logged in Miami (15 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
