''Sternula'' is a genus of small white
tern
Terns are seabirds in the family Laridae that have a worldwide distribution and are normally found near the sea, rivers, or wetlands. Terns are treated as a subgroup of the family Laridae which includes gulls and skimmers and consists of e ...
s. It is often subsumed into the larger genus ''
Sterna'', although the most recent changes to the
AOU checklist considers it a separate genus.
The genus name is a diminutive of ''
Sterna, "tern".
Species
Listed alphabetically.
Shorebirds & allies
IOC World Bird List, ver.3.2.
Saunders's and least terns were both formerly considered to be subspecies of little tern.
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q76408
Bird genera
Taxa named by Friedrich Boie