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Little White-Tern
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Little White-Tern
Gygis microrhyncha
The white tern (Gygis alba) is a small seabird found across the tropical oceans of the world. It is sometimes known as the fairy tern although this name is potentially confusing as it is the common name of the fairy tern (Sternula nereis). Other names for the species include angel tern and white noddy.
From the article Little white tern on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The little white tern is much smaller and has a more slender bill than any subspecies of the common white tern. It has been described as a "compact, goggle-eyed bird with shorter, more rounded wings and less deeply forked tail" when compared to Gygis alba. The calamus or 'quill' of the feather in the little white tern are notably white compared to black calamus found in common white terns.
Range & habitat
The little white tern ranges throughout French Polynesia and the Republic of Kiribati, including the Phoenix and Line Islands, and was first described from three specimens from the Marquesas Islands.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 101875.