White tern
| White tern | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Laridae |
| Subfamily: | Gyginae |
| Genus: | Gygis Wagler, 1832 |
| Species | |
White terns consist of three species of terns in the genus Gygis and the family Laridae.[1] There are three species of white terns - the Atlantic white tern (Gygis alba), the blue-billed white tern (Gygis candida) and the little white tern (Gygis microrhyncha).[2][3]
References
[edit]- ↑ del Hoyo, J; Collar, N.J.; Christie, D.A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L.D.C. (2014). HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.: Lynx Edicions BirdLife International.
- ↑ Winkler, David W.; Billerman, Shawn M.; Lovette, Irby J. (2020). "Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers (Laridae), version 1.0". Birds of the World. doi:10.2173/bow.larida1.01. ISSN 2771-3105.
- ↑ "The Checklist v2025". AviList: The Global Avian Checklist. doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. Retrieved 2025-11-02.
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