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Fairy Tern

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Sternidae
Genus:	Sterna
Species:	S. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future A vulnerable species is a Species which is likely to become endangered unless the circumstances threatening its survival and reproduction improve The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large Birds It includes about 350 Species and has members in all parts of the world Terns are Seabirds in the family Sternidae, previously considered a subfamily (Sterninae of the gull family Laridae (van Tuinen et al Sterna is a Genus of Terns in the bird family Sternidae. It used to encompass most "white" terns indiscriminately but MtDNA nereis

Binomial name

Sterna nereis
(Gould, 1843)

subspecies

Sterna nereis davisae
Sterna nereis exsul
Sterna nereis nereis

The Fairy Tern (Sterna nereis) is a small tern which occurs in the southwestern Pacific. John Gould ( 14 September 1804 – 3 February 1881) was an English Ornithologist. The New Zealand Fairy Tern ( Sterna nereis davisae) also known as tara-iti is a small Tern which breeds on the lower half of the Northland Peninsula of the North Island Terns are Seabirds in the family Sternidae, previously considered a subfamily (Sterninae of the gull family Laridae (van Tuinen et al The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions

There are three subspecies:

Australian Fairy Tern, Sterna nereis nereis - breeds in Australia
New Caledonian Fairy Tern, Sterna nereis exsul - breeds in New Caledonia
New Zealand Fairy Tern, Sterna nereis davisae - breeds in northern New Zealand

Formerly classified as a Species of Least Concern by the IUCN^[1], recent research shows that its numbers are decreasing rapidly throughout its range; the New Zealand subspecies is on the brink of extinction since decades. In Zoology, as in other branches of Biology, subspecies is the Taxonomic rank immediately subordinate to a Species. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. For the former North American fur-trading district see New Caledonia (Canada, and for the Scottish colony in Panama see Darien scheme. The New Zealand Fairy Tern ( Sterna nereis davisae) also known as tara-iti is a small Tern which breeds on the lower half of the Northland Peninsula of the North Island New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Least Concern ( LC) is an IUCN category assigned to extant species or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category In Biology and Ecology, extinction is the cessation of existence of a Species or group of taxa. The Fairy Tern is consequently uplisted to Vulnerable status in 2008^[2].

Footnotes

^ BLI (2004)
^ BLI (2008)

References

BirdLife International (BLI) (2004). BirdLife International (formerly known as the International Council for Bird Preservation, not to be confused with Birds International) is the international conservation Sterna nereis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 23 May 2008.
BirdLife International (BLI) (2008): [2008 IUCN Redlist status changes]. BirdLife International (formerly known as the International Council for Bird Preservation, not to be confused with Birds International) is the international conservation Retrieved 2008-MAY-23.

External links

BirdLife Species Factsheet

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