Little tern

Little tern
Adult S. a. albifrons in breeding plumage, Lyubikovichi, Ukraine
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Sternula
Species:
S. albifrons
Binomial name
Sternula albifrons
(Pallas, 1764)
Range of S. albifrons (compiled by BirdLife International and Handbook of the Birds of the World, 2019)
  Breeding
  Resident
  Passage
  Non-breeding
Synonyms
  • Sterna albifrons (protonym)
  • Sterna minuta Linnaeus, 1766

The little tern (Sternula albifrons) is a small seabird of the family Laridae. It is widely distributed breeding on the coasts and inland waterways of Europe, Asia, north and west Africa, and eastern Australia. It winters in the subtropical and tropical oceans as far south as South Africa and Australia.

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