White Tern (Gygis alba)

Species Account

Ordered chronologically (not necessarily by HRBP number)

 
HRBP 5207. White Tern (Gygis alba). BPBM 4889 (G.a. microrhyncha) collected near Kahuku, O'ahu, 21 Apr 1924, below, and BPBM 184345 (G.a. candida) collected French Frigate Shoals 5 Apr 1999. Photo © Peter Pyle
HRBP 5208. White Tern (Gygis alba). BPBM 4889 (G.a. microrhyncha) collected near Kahuku, O'ahu, 21 Apr 1924, below, and BPBM 184345 (G.a. candida) collected French Frigate Shoals 5 Apr 1999. Photo © Peter Pyle
HRBP 5534. Four White Terns (Gygis alba). Near Punalu'u, Hawaii Island, 18 Aug 2006. © Christina Cornett  
Photographs and images contributed to Hawaii Rare Bird Photograph (HRBP) file, B. P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu and part of The Birds of the Hawaiian Islands: Occurrence, History, Distribution, and Status by Robert L. Pyle and Peter Pyle. See Introduction for more information.