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title: "Little Tern"
description: "Sternula albifrons — Uccelli. The little tern (Sternula albifrons) is a small seabird of the family Laridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/little-tern
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Little Tern

> Sternula albifrons — Uccelli. The little tern (Sternula albifrons) is a small seabird of the family Laridae.

- Scientific name: *Sternula albifrons*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi), `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 12451
- Wikidata: [Q12267692](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12267692)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144529](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144529)

## Names

- en: Little Tern
- de: Zwergseeschwalbe
- es: Charrancito
- fr: Sterne naine
- pt: Chilreta
- pl: Rybitwa białoczelna

## Countries with the most observations

RU (1781), AU (938), PT (831), ES (798), FR (789), TW (732), IN (441), GB (371), SG (338), IT (318), CN (272), TH (210)

## Summary

The little tern (Sternula albifrons) is a small seabird of the family Laridae. It is widely distributed breeding on the coasts and inland waterways of Europe, Asia, north and west Africa, and eastern Australia. It winters in the subtropical and tropical oceans as far south as South Africa and Australia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_tern

## Photo

![Little Tern](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/little-tern/medium.jpg)

Photo: Luis Ferreira · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/245122793

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/little-tern?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).