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Sterna Linnaeus, 1758

1294558  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1294558)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Tetrapoda (Superclass)
  6. Aves (Class)
  7. Charadriiformes (Order)
  8. Sternidae (Family)
  9. Sterna (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Sternia Gambel, 1849 · unaccepted
Sternus Lesson, 1828 · unaccepted
Terna Wood, 1835 · unaccepted
Thalasseus Boie, 1822 · unaccepted

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  1. Species Sterna acuflavida Cabot, 1847
  2. Species Sterna acuticauda Gray, 1832
  3. Species Sterna albifrons Pallas, 1764
  4. Species Sterna albostriata (Gray, 1845)
  5. Species Sterna aleutica Baird, 1869
  6. Species Sterna anaethetus Scopoli, 1786
  7. Species Sterna antillarum (Lesson, 1847)
  8. Species Sterna aurantia Gray, 1831
  9. Species Sterna balaenarum (Strickland, 1852)
  10. Species Sterna bengalensis Lesson, 1831
  11. Species Sterna bergii Lichtenstein, 1823
  12. Species Sterna bernsteini Schlegel, 1863
  13. Species Sterna caspia Pallas, 1770
  14. Species Sterna dougallii Montagu, 1813
  15. Species Sterna elegans Gambel, 1849
  16. Species Sterna eurygnatha Saunders, 1876
  17. Species Sterna forsteri Nuttall, 1834
  18. Species Sterna fuscata Linnaeus, 1766
  19. Species Sterna hirundinacea Lesson, 1831
  20. Species Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
  21. Species Sterna lorata Philippi & Landbeck, 1861
  22. Species Sterna lunata Peale, 1848
  23. Species Sterna maxima Boddaert, 1783
  24. Species Sterna nereis (Gould, 1843)
  25. Species Sterna nilotica Gmelin, 1789
  26. Species Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763
  27. Species Sterna repressa Hartert, 1916
  28. Species Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787
  29. Species Sterna saundersi Hume, 1877
  30. Species Sterna striata Gmelin, 1789
  31. Species Sterna sumatrana Raffles, 1822
  32. Species Sterna superciliaris Vieillot, 1819
  33. Species Sterna trudeaui Audubon, 1838
  34. Species Sterna virgata Cabanis, 1875
  35. Species Sterna vittata Gmelin, 1789
  36. Species Sterna zimmermanni
  37. Species Sterna affinis Cretzschmar in Rüppel, 1827 accepted as Sterna bengalensis Lesson, 1831
  38. Species Sterna alba Sparrman, 1786 accepted as Gygis alba (Sparrman, 1786)
  39. Species Sterna hybrida Pallas, 1811 accepted as Chlidonias hybridus (Pallas, 1811)
  40. Species Sterna leucoptera Temminck, 1815 accepted as Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck, 1815)
  41. Species Sterna media Horsfield, 1821 accepted as Sterna bengalensis Lesson, 1831
  42. Species Sterna melanogaster Temminck, 1827 accepted as Sterna acuticauda Gray, 1832
  43. Species Sterna melanorhyncha Gould, 1848 accepted as Sterna striata Gmelin, 1789
  44. Species Sterna nigra Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
  45. Species Sterna sanctipauli Gould, 1865 accepted as Sterna striata Gmelin, 1789
  46. Species Sterna stolida Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Anous stolidus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  47. Species Sterna tenuirostris Temminck, 1823 accepted as Anous tenuirostris (Temminck, 1823)
  48. Species Sterna tschegrava Lepechin, 1770 accepted as Sterna caspia Pallas, 1770
  49. Species Sterna velox Gould, 1843 accepted as Sterna striata Gmelin, 1789
marine
recent + fossil
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 137 [details]   
IRMNG (2024). Sterna Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1294558 on 2024-08-15
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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 137 [details]   

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]   

basis of record SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 [details]   

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]   

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]   

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]   

current name source CoL2006 [details]   

extant flag source SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993, PaleoDB [details]   

habitat flag source web search (AJR) [details]   

original description  (of Thalasseus Boie, 1822) Isis (Oken), 10
page(s): 563 [details]   

original description  (of Sternia Gambel, 1849) J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1 (4)
page(s): 228 [details]   

original description  (of Sternus Lesson, 1828) Man. Orn., 2
page(s): 381 [details]   

original description  (of Terna Wood, 1835) Orn. Guide
page(s): 227 [details]   
From other sources
Descriptive info Terns [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

Nomenclatural status available [details]
To WoRMS (from synonym Thalasseus Boie, 1822)
To WoRMS 
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