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Saunders's Tern (Sternula saundersi), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (crop)

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Ordo: Charadriiformes
Subordo: Lari

Familia: Laridae
Subfamilia: Sterninae
Genus: Sternula
Species: Sternula saundersi
Name

Sternula saundersii (Hume, 1877)
Synonymy

Sterna saundersii (protonym)
Sternula minuta saundersii

References

Stray Feathers 5: 324-326
IUCN: Sternula saundersi (Least Concern)

Vernacular names
Afrikaans: Saunderssterretjie
العربية: خرشنة سوندرزية
azərbaycanca: Sandersov susüpürəni
català: Xatrac menut de Saunders
čeština: Rybák arabský
Cymraeg: Môr-wennol Saunders
dansk: Persisk Dværgterne
Deutsch: Orientseeschwalbe
English: Saunders's Tern
Esperanto: Orienta ŝterno
español: Charrancito de Saunders
euskara: Saunders txenada
فارسی: پرستوی دریایی خلیج فارس
suomi: Arabianpikkutiira
français: Sterne de Saunders
italiano: Fraticello di Saunders
日本語: アラビアコアジサシ
മലയാളം: ആളചിന്നൻ
Nederlands: Saunders' Dwergstern
norsk: Araberdvergterne
русский: Мекранская крачка
svenska: Saunders småtärna

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).
References

BirdLife International (2019). "Sternula saundersi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22694666A155479775. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22694666A155479775.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

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