Little Tern (Sterna albifrons)

Little Tern, Sternula albifrons,non-breeding plumage, with Crested Terns, Moreton Island, Australia

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Little Tern

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LITTLE TERN FACTS

distribution map showing range of Sterna albifrons in Australia

Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Classification

Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Laridae
Genus:	Sterna
Species:	albifrons
Common Name:	Little Tern

Relatives in same Genus
  Bridled Tern (S. anaethetus)
  Lesser Crested Tern (S. bengalensis)
  Crested Tern (S. bergii)
  Caspian Tern (S. caspia)
  Roseate Tern (S. dougallii)
  Sooty Tern (S. fuscata)
  Common Tern (S. hirundo)
  Fairy Tern (S. nereis)
  Gull-billed Tern (S. nilotica)
  Arctic Tern (S. paradisaea)
  White-fronted Tern (S. striata)
  Black-naped Tern (S. sumatrana)
  Antarctic Tern (S. vittata)