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Little Tern

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Little Tern

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Also known as Sternula albifrons

species of bird

AI overview

The Little Tern is a small seabird found in coastal areas around the world that hunts fish by diving into the water. It matters because it is vulnerable to habitat loss and human disturbance, making it an important species to monitor and protect for maintaining healthy coastal ecosystems.

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Species

Least Concern

little tern

Species

  1. PhylumChordata
  2. ClassAves
  3. OrderCharadriiformes
  4. FamilyLaridae
Habitatmarine

via IUCN

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Encyclopedic overview

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. The genus name Sternula is a diminutive of Sterna, 'tern', while the specific name albifrons is from Latin albus, 'white', and frons, 'forehead'.

Subspecies

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Little Tern” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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