White Tern

Gygis alba - Gygis blanche

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Laridés

  • Genus
    :

    Gygis

  • Species
    :

    alba

Descriptor

Sparrman, 1786

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 30 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 76 à 80 cm.
  • Weight
    : 100 à 140 g
Longevity

17 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Gygis blanche
adult plum. breeding
Gygis blanche
immature

White Tern (Gygis alba) is a species of bird in the Laridae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

  • Gygis alba alba (islands of the tropical south Atlantic Ocean)
  • Gygis alba candida (Seychelles and Mascarene Is. to the central Pacific. except ranges of next two ssp..)
  • Gygis alba leucopes (Pitcairn Is.)
  • Gygis alba microrhyncha (Phoenix, Line and Marquesas Is.)

Foreign names

  • Gygis blanche,
  • Charrán blanco común,
  • tinhosa-branca,
  • Feenseeschwalbe,
  • tündércsér,
  • Opaalstern,
  • Sterna bianca,
  • fetärna,
  • Silketerne,
  • gygis biely,
  • nody bělostný,
  • Atlantisk Silketerne,
  • keijutiira,
  • xatrac blanc comú,
  • atolówka,
  • baltais zīriņš,
  • Белая крачка,
  • Dara-laut putih,
  • シロアジサシ,
  • 白燕鸥,
  • 白燕鷗,

Voice song and cries

Gygis blanche
Poussin

Habitat

Gygis blanche
adult

Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Coral Reef, Outer Reef Channel, Back Slope, Foreslope (Outer Reef Slope), Lagoon, Inter-Reef Soft Substrate, Inter-Reef Rubble Substrate, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Gygis blanche
published: - Updated: 16-09-2013
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