Saunders's tern
Saunders's tern (Sternula saundersi) is a species of bird in the family Laridae. It is sparsely resident along the shores of the north-western Indian Ocean (namely southern Somalia, Arabian peninsula, Socotra, Pakistan, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and northern Sri Lanka).
| Saunders's tern | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Laridae |
| Genus: | Sternula |
| Species: | S. saundersi |
| Binomial name | |
| Sternula saundersi (Hume, 1877) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sterna saundersi | |
References
- BirdLife International (2016). "Sternula saundersi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T22694666A93461643. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22694666A93461643.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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