Species factsheet

White Tern (Gygis alba)

Order: Gygis alba
Family: Gulls, Terns & Skimmers (Laridae)

Danish name: Atlantisk Silketerne

Voices can be found here (External link)

Subspecies and Distribution

alba

islands of the tropical south Atlantic Ocean

candida

Seychelles and Mascarene Is. to the central Pacific (except ranges of next two ssp.)

microrhyncha

Phoenix, Line and Marquesas Is.

leucopes

Pitcarin Is.

Photos

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