Saunders's Tern
Sternula saundersi(Hume, AO, 1877)
English (US) Saunders's Tern
The Saunders's Tern (Sternula saundersi) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Laridae (Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: breeds Red Sea and Persian Gulf to islands between India and Sri Lanka; apparently winters mainly Seychelles to Maldives and Cocos (Keeling) IslandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sternula saundersi
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Saunders's Tern
- Described by
- (Hume, AO, 1877)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Sterna Saundersi
- Described by
- (Hume, AO, 1877)
- Type locality
- Karachi, Sind.
- Original description
- Stray Feathers 5 p.324,note,325
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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