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Charadriiformes / Laridae / Sternula

Fairy Tern

Sternula nereis

IUCN: Vulnerable

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (faiter2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Sternula

Subspecies (3)

Sternula nereis davisae

very local, coastal northeastern North Island (New Zealand)
Sternula nereis exsul

eastern New Caledonia, and Coral and Swains Reef islands (off north-eastern Australia)
Sternula nereis nereis

coastal western and southern Australia (Pilbara region of Western Australia eastward to central New South Wales), including Tasmania

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (faiter2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.