Least Tern / Sternula antillarum LC

Synonyms Little Tern, American Least Tern, Brown's Tern
Old latin name for bird Sterna minuta, Sterna antillarum, Sterna albifrons

Least Ternbird sounds *

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Call, © Paul Driver
United States
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Alarm call, © Paul Marvin
United States
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Alarm call, flight call, © Paul Marvin
United States
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Courtship calls, call, flight call, © Dylan Pedro
United States
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Alarm call, flight call, © Paul Marvin
United States
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Alarm call, call, © Krzysztof Deoniziak
United States
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Alarm call, flight call, © Paul Marvin
United States
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Call, © Krzysztof Deoniziak
United States

* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Least Tern

Breeding region Middle America, North America
Breeding subregion Great Plains to Texas and n Louisiana; c California and Gulf of California coasts to Oaxaca (w Mexico), El Salvador and Nicaragua; w North Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea from Bahamas to Lesser Antilles, islands off Yucatan Pen., Belize and n Honduras, and islands n of Venezuela
Non breeding region n SA coast

Least Tern subspecies (3)

Subspecies	Breeding subregion	Nonbreeding subregion	Extinct
Sternula antillarum antillarum	w North Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea from Bahamas to Lesser Antilles, islands off Yucatan Pen., Belize and n Honduras, ne Colombia and islands n of Venezuela	to Brazil	No
Sternula antillarum athalassos	Great Plains from Montana and North Dakota to New Mexico, Texas and n Louisiana	to n Brazil	No
Sternula antillarum browni	c California and Gulf of California coasts to Oaxaca (w Mexico)	to c Panama	No

Species Name in Other Languages

Language	Translation
Afrikaans	Amerikaanse kleinsterretjie
Arabic	الخرشنة الغبراء الصغيرة
Azerbaijani	cırtdan susüpürən
Belarusian	Амерыканская малая крычка
Bulgarian	Белочела рибарка, Американска белочела рибарка
Catalan	xatrac menut americà
Chinese	白额燕鸥, 白額燕鷗, 小白额燕鸥
Chinese (Traditional)	白額燕鷗
Croatian	Mala Čigra, Mala Cigra, američka mala čigra
Czech	rybák nejmenší
Danish	Amerikansk Dværgterne, Lille Terne, Dværgterne
Dutch	Amerikaanse Dwergstern
Esperanto	Amerika malgranda ŝterno, Nana ŝterno
Estonian	ameerika väiketiir
Finnish	amerikanpikkutiira
French	Sterne antille, Sterne naine d'Amérique, Petite Sterne
Frisian	Amerikaanske lytse stirns
Galician	Carranciña das Antillas
German	AmerikanischeZwe, Kleinstseeschwalbe, Kleinseeschwalbe, Amerika-Zwergseeschwalbe, Antillenseeschwalbe, Antillen-Zwergseeschwalbe, Amerikanische Zwergseeschwalbe
Greek	Νανογλάρονο, Αμερικαvικό vαvoγλάρovo
Hebrew	שחפית זעירה
Hungarian	antillai csér, Karib csér
Icelandic	Rindilþerna
Irish	Geabhróg bhídeach
Italian	Sterna minuta, Fraticello americano
Japanese	アメリカコアジサシ
Korean	쇠제비갈매기
Latvian	sīkais zīriņš
Lithuanian	Antilinė žuvėdra, nykštukinė žuvėdra
Northern Sami	Amerihkáuhcačearret
Norwegian	amerikadvergterne
Norwegian Nynorsk	Amerikadvergterne
Polish	rybitwa mala, rybitwa mała
Portuguese	trinta-réis-miúdo, trinta-réis, Trinta-reis-miúdo, andorinha do mar anã, Trinta-réis-miudo, chilreta-americana
Romanian	Chiră mică americană
Russian	Карликовая крачка, Калифорнийская крачка, Малая крачка
Serbian	mala čigra, mala cigra, Američka mala čigra
Slovak	rybár krpatý
Slovenian	Ameriška mala čigra, mala cigra
Spanish	Gaviotín chico boreal, Gaviota golondrina chica, Gaviotica, Gaviota Pequeña, Charrán Menudo, Gaviota Chica, Gaviota Chiquita, Gaviotín Pequeño, Golondrina-marina Mínima, Gaviotín Enano, Charrán Mínimo, Charrancito americano, Charrán Chico
Swedish	Dvärgtärna, Småtärna, amerikansk småtärna
Turkish	Antil Sumrusu
Ukrainian	крячок карибський
Welsh	Môr-wennol leiaf