White terns comprise the two species of terns in the genus Gygis. The best known (and formerly only) species in the genus is the common white tern.[1] The little white tern (Gygis microrhyncha), previously considered a subspecies of the white tern (Gygis alba microrhyncha), is now recognised as a second species of white tern.[2]

Gygis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Gygis
Wagler, 1832
Species

References

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  1. ^ "Common White Tern (Gygis alba) - BirdLife species factsheet". datazone.birdlife.org. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  2. ^ del Hoyo, J; Collar, N.J.; Christie, D.A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L.D.C. (2014). HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.: Lynx Edicions BirdLife International.