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Sterna
Kingdom
Phylum
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Animalia
Chordata
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Neornithes
Charadriiformes
Lari
Laridae
Sterna
ICZN
Name Authority:
data migration
Common Name(s):
No common names recorded.
Related Publications:
No related publications recorded.
Cited MCZ Specimens:
No cited MCZ specimens.
Synonymns and other Related Names:
No related names recorded.
Related Taxon Records:
Included Species (28)
Included Species:
Sterna acuflavidus
Sterna albistriata
Sterna aleutica
Baird, 1869
Sterna anaethetus
Sterna antarctica
Sterna antillarum
Less.
Sterna aranea
Sterna aurantia
Gray, 1831
Sterna caspia
Sterna dougalli
Sterna dougallii
Sterna forsteri
Sterna fuliginosa
Sterna fuscata
Sterna hirundinacea
Sterna hirundo
Lesson, 1831
Sterna longipennis
Sterna lorata
Sterna lunata
Sterna maxima
Sterna melanauchen
Sterna melanogaster
Sterna paradisaea
Sterna repressa
Sterna sumatrana
Sterna superciliaris
Sterna teretirostris
Sterna trudeaui
Media:
No MCZbase specimens identified as this taxon have images
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Sterna
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No specimens are cited using this name.
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