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| Little white tern | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Laridae |
| Genus: | Gygis |
| Species: | G. microrhyncha
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| Gygis microrhyncha Saunders, 1876
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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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.