Angel tern - Gygis alba

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Gygis alba
Author (Sparrman, 1786)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 176954
Common Names English: White Tern
English: Angel Tern
French: Gygis blanche
Spanish: Charrán blanco común
Portuguese: grazina
English: Atoll Tern
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Laridae
            Genus: Gygis
Taxonomic Children Subspecies: Gygis alba alba
Subspecies: Gygis alba candida
Subspecies: Gygis alba leucopes
Subspecies: Gygis alba microrhyncha
Synonyms (since 1950)

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ITIS TSN176954
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
    LC (Global)
#records (spatial)1,481
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets9
Year1972 - 2017
Latitude-34.50 - -8.20
Longitude-149.07 - 185.71
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