White Terns
Gygis
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.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Blue-billed White-Tern
speciesGygis candida
Atlantic White-Tern
speciesGygis alba
Little White-Tern
speciesGygis microrhyncha
Blue-billed × Little White-Tern
hybridGygis candida × microrhyncha
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 4565.