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Sternula
Sternula is a genus of small white terns. 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". Listed alphabetically.
- Little tern Sternula albifrons
- Least tern Sternula antillarum
- Damara tern Sternula balaenarum
- Peruvian tern Sternula lorata
- Fairy tern Sternula nereis
- Saunders's tern Sternula saundersi
- Yellow-billed tern Sternula superciliaris
Saunders’s and least terns were both formerly considered to be subspecies of little tern.