Editing Inca tern (section)

{{short description|Species of bird}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2023}}

{{speciesbox
| image = Larosterna inca -Lima, Peru -adult-8.jpg
| image_caption = Inca tern at [[Lima]], Peru
| status = NT
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=Inca Tern ''Larosterna inca'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T22694834A132576903 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22694834A132576903.en |access-date=17 February 2023}}</ref>
| genus = Larosterna
| parent_authority = [[Edward Blyth|Blyth]], 1852
| species = inca
| authority = ([[René Lesson|Lesson]] & [[Prosper Garnot|Garnot]], 1827)
| range_map = Larosterna inca map.svg
|range_map_caption=Range of ''L. inca''<br/>{{leftlegend|#7138C5|Year-round range|outline=gray}}{{leftlegend|#5E8DD1|Non-breeding range|outline=gray}}
}}

The ''' Inca tern''' ('''''Larosterna inca''''') is a [[Near Threatened|near-threatened]] species of [[tern]] in the subfamily [[Sterninae]] of the family [[Laridae]] (the [[gull]]s, terns, and [[Rynchops|skimmers]]).<ref name=IOC13.1>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/bow/gulls/ |title=Noddies, skimmers, gulls, terns, skuas, auks |website=IOC World Bird List |version =v 13.1 |editor-last1=Gill |editor-first1= F. |editor-last2=Donsker|editor-first2=D.|editor-last3=Rasmussen |editor-first3=P. |date=January 2023 |access-date=February 16, 2023 }}</ref><ref name=IUCN/> It is found along the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] coasts of [[Chile]], [[Ecuador]] and [[Peru|Perú]],<ref name="SACCcountries">Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. 30 January 2023. Species Lists of Birds for South American Countries and Territories. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCCountryLists.htm retrieved January 30, 2023</ref> and has appeared as a [[Vagrancy (biology)|vagrant]] in [[Central America]] and [[Hawaii]].<ref name=63Supp>R. Terry Chesser, Shawn M. Billerman, Kevin J. Burns, Carla Cicero, Jon L. Dunn, Blanca E. Hernández-Baños, Rosa Alicia Jiménez, Andrew W. Kratter, Nicholas A. Mason, Pamela C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, Jr., Douglas F. Stotz, and Kevin Winker. "Sixty-third supplement to the American Ornithological Society's ''Check-list of North American Birds''". ''American Ornithology'' 2022, vol. 139:1-13 retrieved August 9, 2022</ref>