Small Terns
Sternula
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.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species
Least Tern
speciesSternula antillarum
Little Tern
speciesSternula albifrons
Yellow-billed Tern
speciesSternula superciliaris
Australasian Fairy Tern
speciesSternula nereis
Peruvian Tern
speciesSternula lorata
Damara Tern
speciesSternula balaenarum
Saunders's Tern
speciesSternula saundersi
Little × Australian Fairy Tern
hybridSternula albifrons × nereis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 144324.