Little Tern

About this species

This species has 537,377 occurrence records from 167 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (17.5%), Australia (12.5%), Taiwan (9.8%), Denmark (9.3%) and Spain (7.9%); together they account for 56.8% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.092% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Sternula albifrons combines the genus name Sternula with the species epithet albifrons. The Warbla app catalog lists 7 species of the genus Sternula; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Sternula antillarum, Sternula superciliaris and Sternula nereis.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 101 species of the family Laridae. This species ranks 31st among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Larus delawarensis. Its record count is 61.4% of the family average (874,525). The family Laridae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Laridae

• Ring-billed Gull
• Lesser black-backed gull
• European Herring Gull
• American Herring Gull
• Black-headed Gull
• Great Black-backed Gull
• Common Gull

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org