Sternula albifrons (Pallas, 1764)

Bishop, K. David, 2023, The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 143 (1), pp. 3-62 : 35

**LITTLE TERN Sternula albifrons

Status Occasional visitor. Regular visitor from South-East Asia throughout coastal New Guinea during September ‒early May (Beehler & Pratt 2016). An unknown subspecies breeds in West New Britain (Bishop 1983) and Bougainville ( Hadden 1981) and may nest on the New Guinea mainland. The sole Biak records are: 23 October 1997, four near Woniki village , on south-east coast of Biak (SvB) and 27 April 2007, one between the Padaido Islands and south coast of Biak ( T. Boucher, eBird checklist S26960957).