Saunders's Tern / Sternula saundersi LC
- Synonyms Saunder's Tern, Black Shafted Tern, Black-shafted Tern, Mekran Coast Little Tern, Saunders's Little Tern, Chinese Little Tern, Saunders' Tern, Saunder's little tern, Black-shafted Little Tern
- Old latin name for bird Sterna saundersii, Sterna saundersi
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Where to see Saunders's Tern
- Breeding region Africa, Eurasia
- Breeding subregion islands 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 region to coastal Tanzania, all Seychelles groups and Madagascar (tropical w Indian Ocean), Chagos Arch. and Maldives (nc Indian Ocean)
- Australia
- Bahrain
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Comoros
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- India
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Maldives
- Mayotte
- Mozambique
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestine, State of
- Qatar
- Réunion
- Saudi Arabia
- Seychelles
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- United Arab Emirates
- Yemen
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Saunderssterretjie |
| Arabic | الخرشنة الصغيرة, خرشنة سوندرزية |
| Azerbaijani | Sandersov susüpürəni |
| Basque | Saunders txenada |
| Belarusian | Мекранская крычка |
| Bulgarian | Ориенталска рибарка, Рибарка на Сондерс |
| Catalan | Xatrac de Saunders, xatrac menut de Saunders |
| Chinese | 桑氏白额燕鸥 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 桑德氏小燕鷗 |
| Croatian | Saundersova čigra |
| Czech | rybák arabský |
| Danish | Orientdværgterne, Persisk Dværgterne |
| Dutch | Saunders Dwergstern, Saundersdwergstern, Saunders' Dwergstern, Saunder-dwergstern |
| Esperanto | Saŭndersa ŝterno, Orienta malgranda ŝterno |
| Estonian | araabia väiketiir |
| Finnish | arabianpikkutiira, Arabianmerentiira |
| French | Sterne de Saunders |
| Frisian | Saundersstirns |
| Galician | Carranciña de Saunders |
| German | Orientseeschwalbe |
| Greek | Ναvoγλάρovo της Αραβίας |
| Hebrew | שחפית סאונדרס, שחפית סוונדרס, שחפית אפורת-זנב |
| Hungarian | Ádeni törpecsér, jemeni törpecsér |
| Icelandic | Stúfþerna |
| Irish | Geabhróg shándair |
| Italian | Fraticello di Saunders, Sterna di Saunders |
| Japanese | アラビアコアジサシ |
| Kazakh | Сондерс қарқылдағы |
| Latvian | Saundersa zīriņš |
| Lithuanian | Rytinė žuvėdra, Saunderso žuvėdra |
| Macedonian | Саундерсова чигра |
| Malayalam | വെൺചുട്ടി ആളച്ചിന്നൻ |
| Northern Sami | Arábiauhcačearret |
| Norwegian | araberdvergterne |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Arabardvergterne |
| Persian | پرستودریایی ساندرز , پرستودریایی خلیج فارس, پرستودریایی ساندرز (خلیج فارس), پرستو دریایی خلیج فارس |
| Polish | rybitwa malutka |
| Portuguese | chilreta-de-saunders, Chilreta de Saunders |
| Romanian | Chira lui Saunders |
| Russian | Крачка малая, Мекранская крачка, Персидская крачка |
| Serbian | Soundersova čigra, Saundersova čigra |
| Slovak | rybár hnedonohý |
| Slovenian | temnonoga mala čigra |
| Spanish | Charrancito de Saunders, Gaviotín de Tallos Negros |
| Swahili | Shakwe wa Saunders |
| Swedish | Persisk småtärna, Saunders småtärna, persisk småtärna |
| Thai | นกนางนวลแกลบน้ำเค็ม |
| Turkish | Hint Küçük Sumrusu |
| Ukrainian | крячок мекранський |
| Welsh | Môr-wennol Saunders |