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Little white tern. |
Little white tern | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Laridae |
Genus: | Gygis |
Species: | G. candida
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Binomial name | |
Gygis candida
Gmelin, 1789
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The little white tern (Gygis candida) is a small seabird found in Pacific Ocean. [1] This species was previously considered as the white tern (Gygis alba), but is now recognised as a separate species. [2]
The little white tern was first formally described by the German ornithologist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1789. The species epithet is from Latin candidus (white). There are two recognized subspecies. [1] Some authors have postulated that there may be three species of Gygis: Gygis alba, in the Atlantic Ocean, and Gygis candida and Gygis microrhyncha, both in the Pacific. [2]
The little white tern has a shorter and more conical bill than the common white tern. [1]
The little white tern ranges throughout the Pacific Ocean.
![]() | This article appears to contradict the article
Little white tern. |
Little white tern | |
---|---|
Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Laridae |
Genus: | Gygis |
Species: | G. candida
|
Binomial name | |
Gygis candida
Gmelin, 1789
|
The little white tern (Gygis candida) is a small seabird found in Pacific Ocean. [1] This species was previously considered as the white tern (Gygis alba), but is now recognised as a separate species. [2]
The little white tern was first formally described by the German ornithologist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1789. The species epithet is from Latin candidus (white). There are two recognized subspecies. [1] Some authors have postulated that there may be three species of Gygis: Gygis alba, in the Atlantic Ocean, and Gygis candida and Gygis microrhyncha, both in the Pacific. [2]
The little white tern has a shorter and more conical bill than the common white tern. [1]
The little white tern ranges throughout the Pacific Ocean.