Atlantic White-Tern
Gygis alba
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The Atlantic white tern, also known as the common white tern, is a small seabird found in the Atlantic Ocean. It is sometimes known as the fairy tern, although this name is potentially confusing as it is also the common name of Sternula nereis. Other names for the species include angel tern and white noddy. The blue-billed white tern and the little white tern have sometimes been considered as subspecies of the Atlantic white tern.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- Genus
- Gygis