Little white tern

Little white tern
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Gygis
Species:
G. microrhyncha
Binomial name
Gygis microrhyncha
Saunders, 1876

The little white tern (Gygis microrhyncha) is a small seabird found in French Polynesia and the Republic of Kiribati.[1] This species was previously considered a subspecies of the white tern (Gygis alba microrhyncha), but is now recognised as a separate species.[2]

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2018). "Gygis microrhyncha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22694830A132576654. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22694830A132576654.en. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  2. ^ del Hoyo, J; Collar, N.J.; Christie, D.A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L.D.C. (2014). HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.: Lynx Edicions BirdLife International.