bird · Charadriiformes · Laridae
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons (Pallas, 1764) — also called Little/Australian Fairy Tern, Little/Least Tern, Little/Saunders's Tern. Occurrence records of the Little Tern are shared on GBIF from around 7 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area (489 records), in 3 provinces.
IUCN: Least concernLaridae
7reserves with records
1 188records around them
3provinces
LCIUCN category
Where it is recorded
| Reserve | Province | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area | WC Western Cape | 489 |
| West Coast National ParkNational park | WC Western Cape | 460 |
| De Mond Nature ReserveNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 124 |
| Kabeljous Nature ReserveNature reserve | EC Eastern Cape | 80 |
| Fort D' Acre ReserveNature reserve | EC Eastern Cape | 24 |
| Sixteen Mile Beach Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area | WC Western Cape | 9 |
| Mzamba Fossil bedsProtected heritage site | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 2 |
By province
- Western Cape
- 4 reserves
- Eastern Cape
- 2 reserves
- KwaZulu-Natal
- 1 reserve
Taxonomy
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- Scientific name
- Sternula albifrons
- GBIF taxon
- 5789279
- Wikidata
- Q12267692
Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.