Back خرشنة سوندرزية Arabic خرشنه سوندرزيه ARZ Sternula saundersi Azerbaijani Sternula saundersi Breton Xatrac menut de Saunders Catalan Sternula saundersi CEB Rybák arabský Czech Môr-wennol Saunders Welsh Orientseeschwalbe German Sternula saundersi Spanish
| Saunders's tern | |
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| Saunders's tern, Saudi Arabia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Laridae |
| Genus: | Sternula |
| Species: | S. saundersi
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| Binomial name | |
| Sternula saundersi (Hume, 1877)
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| Synonyms | |
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Sterna saundersi | |
Saunders's tern (Sternula saundersi), sometimes known as the black-shafted tern,[2] is a species of bird in the family Laridae. It is sparsely resident along the shores of the north-western Indian Ocean (namely southern Somalia, Arabian Peninsula, Socotra, Pakistan, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and northern Sri Lanka).
It is a close relative of the little tern, least tern, yellow-billed tern, and Peruvian tern. In non-breeding plumages, the Saunder's tern and the little tern may be almost indistinguishable. The two have been considered by some to be conspecific.[3]
- ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Sternula saundersi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22694666A155479775. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22694666A155479775.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Saunders's Tern (Black-shafted Tern) – Sternula saundersi". Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility.
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