Little White Tern
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| Gygis microrhyncha Saunders, 1876 |
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Gygis alba microrhyncha (but see text) |
The Little White Tern or Little Fairy Tern (Gygis microrhyncha) is a species of tern. It was for long - and often still is today - included as a subspecies in the larger White Tern (Gygis alba).
It is found in French Polynesia and Kiribati.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2004. Gygis microrhyncha. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
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