Cabot's Tern

Cabot's Tern

Thalasseus acuflavidus

<5% · Rare
overall probability at Everglades National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
0–10
Aug
0–10
Sep
0–10
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
2 Paracas National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
Insufficient data
3 Península Valdés 🇦🇷 Argentina
Insufficient data
4 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
5 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
6 Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
7 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
8 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
9 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Cabot's Tern in Everglades National Park?

About 3% of visitor-days record a Cabot's Tern sighting in Everglades National Park, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Cabot's Tern in Everglades National Park?

September has the highest sighting rate for Cabot's Tern in Everglades National Park in our monthly data.

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