Fairy tern

Fairy tern

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Sternula
Species:
S. nereis
Binomial name
Sternula nereis
Gould, 1843
Subspecies

Sternula nereis davisae
Sternula nereis exsul
Sternula nereis nereis

Synonyms

Sterna nereis

The fairy tern (Sternula nereis) is a small tern which is native to the southwestern Pacific. It is listed as "Vulnerable" by the IUCN and the New Zealand subspecies is "Critically Endangered".

There are three subspecies:

  • Australian fairy tern, Sternula nereis nereis (Gould, 1843) – breeds in Australia
  • New Caledonian fairy tern, Sternula nereis exsul (Mathews, 1912) – breeds in New Caledonia
  • New Zealand fairy tern, Sternula nereis davisae (Mathews & Iredale, 1913) – breeds in northern New Zealand
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