Little White Tern
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| Little White Tern | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Sternidae |
| Genus: | Gygis |
| Species: | G. alba |
| Subspecies: | G. a. peregrinator |
| Trinomial name | |
| Gygis alba microrhyncha Saunders, 1876 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Gygis microrhyncha (but see text) |
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The Little White Tern or Little Fairy Tern (Gygis alba microrhyncha) is a subspecies of tern (family Sternidae). It is sometimes considered a distinct species most closely related to the larger White Tern. It is found in French Polynesia and Kiribati.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2004. Gygis microrhyncha. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
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