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Little White Tern

Gygis candida

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Laridae

The little white tern (Gygis microrhyncha) is a small seabird found in French Polynesia and the Republic of Kiribati. This species was previously considered a subspecies of the white tern (Gygis alba microrhyncha), but is now recognised as a separate species. Taxonomy The little white tern was first formally described by the British ornithologist Howard Saunders in 1876 under the binomial name Gygis microrhyncha meaning small (micro) bill (rhyncha).

Distribution

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