White Tern / Gygis alba
| White Tern bird information | Values |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
| Synonyms | Common White Tern, Common White-Tern, Fairy Tern, Common White-Tern or Little White Tern, White-Tern, Atoll Tern, White noddy, Angel Tern |
| Old latin name for bird | Sterna alba |
| Order | Shorebirds / Charadriiformes |
| Family | Gulls, Terns, Skimmers / Laridae |
| Genus | Gygis |
| Breeding region | Tropical |
| Breeding subregion | widespread on tropical and subtropical is. (except Caribbean, n, e Indian Ocean) |
| Non breeding region | tropical seas |
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Where to see White Tern
- American Samoa
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Bangladesh
- Bermuda
- Brazil
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Chile
- China
- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Ecuador
- Fiji
- French Polynesia
- Guam
- India
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Kiribati
- Macao
- Maldives
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritius
- Mayotte
- Mexico
- Micronesia (Federated States of)
- Nauru
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Niue
- Norfolk Island
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Pitcairn
- Réunion
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Samoa
- Seychelles
- Solomon Islands
- Tokelau
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tuvalu
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- United States of America
- Vanuatu
- Vietnam
- Wallis and Futuna
White Tern subspecies (4)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gygis alba alba | tropical and subtropical South Atlantic Ocean islands: Fernando de Noronha, Trindade (ne, s of ne Brazil); Ascension and St. Helena (tropical se Atlantic Ocean) | - | No |
| Gygis alba candida | all Seychelles groups from Aldabra ne to Inner Is., Mascarenes, Chagos and Maldives (tropical w, nc Indian Ocean); Lord Howe and Norfolk is. (far e of Australia), Kermadec Is. (ne of New Zealand), outlying islands ne of New Guinea, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia (except Marquesas other than Hatutu, ne of Eiao, n Marquesas; and Pitcairn group) to Northwestern Hawaiian Is. and O'ahu, Clipperton (far sw of Mexico), I. del Coco (far sw of Costa Rica) and I. Malpelo (far w of Colombia) | - | No |
| Gygis alba leucopes | Henderson and Pitcairn (Pitcairn group, e Polynesia) | - | No |
| Gygis alba microrhyncha | Phoenix (c Polynesia), Line and Marquesas is. (ne Polynesia) | - | No |
Translation
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Witsterretjie |
| Bulgarian | Бяла рибарка |
| Catalan | xatrac blanc comú |
| Chinese | 白燕鸥（白玄鸥）, 白玄鸥, 白燕鸥 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 白玄鷗, 白燕鷗 |
| Croatian | bijela čigra |
| Czech | nody bělostný, Nody belostný |
| Danish | Atlantisk Silketerne |
| Dutch | Witte Stern, Opaalstern |
| Esperanto | blanka ŝterno |
| Estonian | haldjastiir |
| Finnish | keijutiira |
| French | Gygis blanche ou G. à bec fin, Gygis blanche |
| German | Feenseeschwalbe |
| Hungarian | tündércsér |
| Icelandic | Bjartþerna |
| Indonesian | Camar putih mata cincin, Daralaut Putih, Burung Dara Laut Putih, Burung Dara-laut Putih, Dara-laut putih |
| Italian | Sterna bianca |
| Japanese | シロアジサシ |
| Korean | 흰제비갈매기 |
| Latvian | baltais zīriņš |
| Lithuanian | baltoji fėja |
| Malay | Burung Camar Putih |
| Malayalam | വെൺ കടലാള |
| Norwegian | Silketerne, silketerne |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Silketerne |
| Polish | atolówka, rybitwa biała, rybitwa biala |
| Portuguese | tinhosa-branca, trinta-réis-branco, grazina, gaivina-branca |
| Russian | Белая крачка |
| Serbian | Bela čigra |
| Slovak | gygis biely |
| Spanish | Charrán Blanco, golondrina-boba blanca, Gaviotín Níveo, Gaviotín albo, Charrán blanco común |
| Swedish | fetärna |
| Tahitian | itata'e |
| Turkish | Sütbeyaz Sumru |
| Ukrainian | крячок білий |
| Vietnamese | Chim Nhàn trắng, Nhàn trắng |