Fairy Tern
Sternula nereis
IUCN: Vulnerable
Taxonomy
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- Genus
- Sternula
- eBird Code
- faiter2
Subspecies (3)
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Sternula nereis davisae
very local, coastal northeastern North Island (New Zealand)
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Sternula nereis exsul
eastern New Caledonia, and Coral and Swains Reef islands (off north-eastern Australia)
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Sternula nereis nereis
coastal western and southern Australia (Pilbara region of Western Australia eastward to central New South Wales), including Tasmania
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.