Species profile—Sternula albifrons (little tern)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Laridae (gulls, terns and noddies) → Sternula albifrons (little tern)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Laridae (gulls, terns and noddies)
- Scientific name
- Sternula albifrons Pallas, 1764
- Common name
- little tern
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1905
- Synonym(s)
- Sterna albifrons
- Alternate name(s)
- white-shafted ternlet
least tern
sea-swallow
black-lored tern - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- SL
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine & Terrestrial
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1905.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
