White-cheeked tern

White-cheeked tern
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Sterna
Species:
S. repressa
Binomial name
Sterna repressa

The white-cheeked tern (Sterna repressa) is a species of tern in the family Laridae. It is found around the coasts on the Red Sea, around the Horn of Africa to Kenya, in the Persian Gulf and along the Iranian coast to Pakistan and western India.[2]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Sterna repressa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22694705A154834019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22694705A154834019.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Noddies, gulls, terns, auks". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 24 June 2019.