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Little Tern

Sternula albifrons

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Laridae

The little tern (Sternula albifrons) is a seabird of the family Laridae. It was first described by the German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas in 1764 and given the binomial name Sterna albifrons. It was moved to the genus Sternula when the genus Sterna was restricted to the larger typical terns.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Spain · 20,284United Kingdom · 10,640France · 10,215Netherlands · 5,851Germany · 1,415Italy · 1,384Belgium · 251Switzerland · 26Luxembourg · 1