Biology:Gygis

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White terns consist of three species of terns in the genus Gygis and the family Laridae.[1] There are three species of white terns - the Atlantic white tern (Gygis alba), the blue-billed white tern (Gygis candida) and the little white tern (Gygis microrhyncha).[2][3]

References

  1. del Hoyo, J; Collar, N.J.; Christie, D.A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L.D.C. (2014). HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines.. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.: Lynx Edicions BirdLife International. 
  2. Winkler, David W.; Billerman, Shawn M.; Lovette, Irby J. (2020). "Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers (Laridae), version 1.0" (in en). Birds of the World. doi:10.2173/bow.larida1.01. ISSN 2771-3105. https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/larida1/cur/introduction. 
  3. "The Checklist v2025" (in en-US). doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. http://www.avilist.org/checklist/v2025/. 

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