#82389: Least Tern

Least Tern

The Interior Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) is the smallest of the terns found in North America. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark recorded their first observation of an Interior Least Tern on August 5, 1804 along the Missouri River, near present day Omaha, Nebraska while on their 1803—1805 “Voyage of Discovery” across North America.

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