Avibase: Gygis alba (Atlantic White Tern)

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Atlantic White Tern

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Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Laridae
Genus:
   Gygis
Scientific:
  Gygis alba

Citation:
(Sparrman, A 1786)

Reference:
Mus. Carlsonianum fasc.1 pl.11

Protonym:
Sterna alba

Type locality:
East Indies, Cape of Good Hope and Islands of the Pacific Ocean = Ascension Island, designated by Mathews, antea, p. 441.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/128098#page/57/mode/1up

Avibase ID:
8126DF8358BB26AD

Avibase ID:
avibase-8126DF83

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/8126DF83

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176954

Geographic range:

Gygis alba: Fernando de Noronha, Trindade, Martin Vas Rocks, Ascension, and St. Helena islands (tropical South Atlantic Ocean)
Gygis candida leucopes: Henderson and Ducie islands (Pitcairn Islands, eastern Polynesia)

English:
Atlantic White Tern
French:
Gygis blanche

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Atlantic White Tern ( Gygis alba) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Atlantic White-Tern ( Gygis alba) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Atlantic White Tern ( Gygis alba) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Gygis [alba or candida] (sensu lato) by some authors

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