Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Sternula Higher classification Tern Order Shorebirds | Family Sternidae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus | |
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Lower classifications Little tern, Least Tern, Yellow‑billed tern | ||
Bird dara white or sternula albifrons
Sternula is a genus of small white terns. It is often subsumed into the larger genus Sterna, although the most recent changes to the AOU checklist considers it a separate genus. The genus name is a diminutive of Sterna, "tern". Listed alphabetically.
Contents
- Bird dara white or sternula albifrons
- Least tern sternula antillarum fledgling moving along the beach
- References
Saunders’s and least terns were both formerly considered to be subspecies of little tern.
Least tern sternula antillarum fledgling moving along the beach
References
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