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Sternula
Little tern
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Laridae
Subfamily:	Sterninae
Genus:	Sternula F. Boie, 1822
Type species
Sterna minuta Linnaeus, 1766
Species
7, see text

Sternula is a genus of small white terns. It is often subsumed into the larger genus Sterna, although the most recent changes to the AOU checklist considers it a separate genus. The genus name is a diminutive of Sterna, "tern".

Species

Listed alphabetically.

Genus Sternula – F. Boie, 1822 – seven species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Little tern	Sternula albifrons (Pallas, 1764)	temperate and tropical Europe and Asia.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Least tern	Sternula antillarum Lesson, 1847 Three subspecies S. a. athalassos – (Burleigh & Lowery, 1942) S. a. antillarum – (Lesson, 1847) S. a. browni – (Mearns, 1916)	North America and locally in northern South America.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Damara tern	Sternula balaenarum Strickland, 1853	southern Africa and migrates to tropical African coasts	Size: Habitat: Diet:	VU
Peruvian tern	Sternula lorata (Philippi & Landbeck, 1861)	Chile, Ecuador, and Peru	Size: Habitat: Diet:	EN
Fairy tern	Sternula nereis (Gould, 1843) Three subspecies Australian fairy tern, Sternula nereis nereis (Gould, 1843) New Caledonian fairy tern, Sternula nereis exsul (Mathews, 1912) New Zealand fairy tern / Tara iti, Sternula nereis davisae (Mathews & Iredale, 1913)	Australia, New Caledonia,northern New Zealand	Size: Habitat: Diet:	VU
Saunders's tern	Sternula saundersi (Hume, 1877)	north-western Indian Ocean	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Yellow-billed tern	Sternula superciliaris (Vieillot, 1819)	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

Saunders's and least terns were both formerly considered to be subspecies of little tern.

References

1. "Laridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
2. Banks et al. 2007. Forty-eighth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Checklist of North American Birds. The Auk 124(1): 1109-1115.
3. Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 365. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
4. Shorebirds & allies Archived 2013-12-05 at the Wayback Machine, IOC World Bird List, ver.3.2.

v t e Genera of shorebirds and their extinct allies
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Infraclass: Neognathae Clade: Neoaves Order: Charadriiformes
Charadriiformes incertae sedis †Charadriisimilis †Eupterornis? †Fluviatitavis? †Jiliniornis †"Morsoravis" †Nahmavis †Palintropus? †Sarjeantopodus †Scandiavis †Volgavis? †Laornithidae? Laornis †Graculavidae? Dakotornis Graculavus Palaeotringa Telmatornis? Charadrii See below ↓ Scolopaci See below ↓ Lari See below ↓
Charadrii incertae sedis †Cherevychnavis Burhinidae Burhinus Esacus †Genucrassum Pluvianellidae Pluvianellus Chionidae Chionis †Chionoides †Neilus Pluvianidae Pluvianus Pluvianidae Vanellinae †Dolicopterus? Erythrogonys Hoploxypterus Vanellus †Viator Charadriinae Anarhynchus Charadrius †Dorypaltus Elseyornis †Jilniornis Oreopholus Peltohyas Phegornis Pluvialis Thinornis Recurvirostridae Cladorhynchus Himantopus †Kashinia Recurvirostra Ibidorhynchidae Ibidorhyncha Haematopodidae Haematopus
Scolopaci incertae sedis †Hakawai †Scolopacimilis Jacanidae Actophilornis Hydrophasianus Irediparra Jacana †Janipes Metopidius Microparra †Nupharanassa Pedionomidae †Oligonomus Pedionomus Rostratulidae Nycticryphes Rostratula Scolopacidae Actitis Arenaria Bartramia Calidris Coenocorypha †Elorius Gallinago Limnocryptes Limnodromus Limosa †Mirolia Numenius †Nuntius †Paractitis †Parvelorius Phalaropus Prosobonia Scolopax Tringa †Villetus Xenus Thinocoridae Attagis Thinocorus
Lari Alcidae †Divisulcus †Hydrotherikornis †Miocepphus †Pseudocepphus Alcinae Alcini Alca Alle †Pinguinus Uria Synthliboramphini Synthliboramphus Cepphini Cepphus Brachyramphini Brachyramphus Fraterculinae Aethiini Aethia Ptychoramphus Fraterculini Cerorhinca Fratercula †Mancallinae Alcodes Mancalla Miomancalla Praemancalla Dromadidae Dromas Glareolidae †Becassius †Boutersemia †Mioglareola †Paractiornis †"Precursor"? Glareolinae Glareola Stiltia Glareolinae Cursorius Rhinoptilus Laridae Anous Chlidonias Chroicocephalus Creagrus †Feducciavis †Gaviota Gelochelidon Gygis Hydrocoloeus Hydroprogne Ichthyaetus †Laricola Larosterna Larus Leucophaeus †Limicolavis? †Limosavis Onychoprion Pagophila Phaetusa †Pseudosterna Rhodostethia Rynchops Rissa Sterna †Sternalara Sternula Thalasseus Xema Stercorariidae Stercorarius Turnicidae †Cerestenia †Eocliffia? Ortyxelos †Turnipax Turnix

• Sternula
• Bird genera
• Taxa named by Friedrich Boie