Saunders's Tern bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsBlack-shafted Little Tern, Saunder's Tern, Chinese Little Tern, Saunders' Tern, Saunder's little tern, Black Shafted Tern, Black-shafted Tern, Mekran Coast Little Tern, Saunders's Little Tern
Old latin name for birdSterna saundersi, Sterna saundersii
OrderShorebirds / Charadriiformes
FamilyGulls, Terns, Skimmers / Laridae
GenusSternula
Breeding regionAfrica, Eurasia
Breeding subregionislands of Red Sea and Persian Gulf, off Somalia and Socotra, patchily to coast of Pakistan, nw India, and Adam's Bridge is. (between India and Sri Lanka)
Non breeding regionto coastal Tanzania, all Seychelles groups and Madagascar (tropical w Indian Ocean), Chagos Arch. and Maldives (nc Indian Ocean)

Saunders's Tern bird sounds *

Paused...
  • 1.
    Song, © Oscar Campbell
    United Arab Emirates
  • 2.
    Call, © Thijs Fijen
    Oman
  • 3.
    Call, © Thijs Fijen
    Oman
  • 4.
    Call, © Thijs Fijen
    Oman
  • 5.
    Call, © Thijs Fijen
    Oman
  • 6.
    Call, © Thijs Fijen
    Oman
  • 7.
    Call, © Thijs Fijen
    Oman
  • 8.
    Call, © Thijs Fijen
    Oman
  • 9.
    Call, © Thijs Fijen
    Oman
  • 10.
    Call, flight call, © Oscar Campbell
    United Arab Emirates
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Saunders's Tern

Saunders's Tern subspecies (0)

Translation

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansSaunderssterretjie
Arabicخرشنة سوندرزية, الخرشنة الصغيرة
AzerbaijaniSandersov susüpürəni
BasqueSaunders txenada
BelarusianМекранская крычка
BulgarianРибарка на Сондерс, Ориенталска рибарка
Catalanxatrac menut de Saunders, Xatrac de Saunders
Chinese桑氏白额燕鸥
Chinese (Traditional)桑德氏小燕鷗
CroatianSaundersova čigra
Czechrybák arabský
DanishOrientdværgterne, Persisk Dværgterne
DutchSaunders' Dwergstern, Saunder-dwergstern, Saundersdwergstern, Saunders Dwergstern
EsperantoSaŭndersa ŝterno, Orienta malgranda ŝterno
Estonianaraabia väiketiir
Finnisharabianpikkutiira, Arabianmerentiira
FrenchSterne de Saunders
FrisianSaundersstirns
GalicianCarranciña de Saunders
GermanOrientseeschwalbe
GreekΝαvoγλάρovo της Αραβίας
Hebrewשחפית סוונדרס, שחפית סאונדרס, שחפית אפורת-זנב
HungarianÁdeni törpecsér, jemeni törpecsér
IcelandicStúfþerna
IrishGeabhróg shándair
ItalianSterna di Saunders, Fraticello di Saunders
Japaneseアラビアコアジサシ
KazakhСондерс қарқылдағы
LatvianSaundersa zīriņš
LithuanianRytinė žuvėdra, Saunderso žuvėdra
MacedonianСаундерсова чигра
Malayalamവെൺചുട്ടി ആളച്ചിന്നൻ
Northern SamiArábiauhcačearret
NorwegianAraberdvergterne, araberdvergterne
Norwegian NynorskArabardvergterne
Persianپرستودریایی خلیج فارس, پرستودریایی ساندرز , پرستودریایی ساندرز (خلیج فارس), پرستو دریایی خلیج فارس
Polishrybitwa malutka
PortugueseChilreta de Saunders, chilreta-de-saunders, chilreta-do-índico
RomanianChira lui Saunders
RussianКрачка малая, Мекранская крачка, Персидская крачка
SerbianSoundersova čigra, Saundersova čigra
Slovakrybár hnedonohý
Sloveniantemnonoga mala čigra
SpanishCharrancito de Saunders, Gaviotín de Tallos Negros
SwahiliShakwe wa Saunders
Swedishpersisk småtärna, Saunders småtärna, Persisk småtärna
Thaiนกนางนวลแกลบน้ำเค็ม
TurkishHint Küçük Sumrusu
Ukrainianкрячок мекранський
WelshMôr-wennol Saunders